Mike it is not your fault it is the locataion of where you live. Is your air carrying heavey high humidity this time of the year, if so that is your problem.? Jades grow on rocky hillsides in SW Africa. They love to be cramped between rocks, it reminds them of home. I have said this over and over through the years, does anyone here pay attention or am I just wasting time? I need to know. Check back through the archives for the past 15 years. There is no magic pill that will cure this. It is a cultural condition which you will need to learn, I know this is not what you want to hear, but I can not sugar this up so the information will go down easier. Norma

I agree with the above two posters, as my immediate thoughts were that these plants are loosing their neighbourly support. Being on a hillside, there will always be a strain on the roots for them to hold themselves upright. Gravity will take over when the adjacent plant falls as they are not lightweight and can be top heavy as you know. From what I know about jades I dont think they have a tremendous root system, which wont help their dilemma. Its a great shame this is happening as I can imagine they are a sight to behold, but we would all be intested to see a pic if possible please? I do hope you can find a solution and save the remaining plants. Perhaps staking them on the top side may help or piling some spare soil or even rocks around the stems on the lower side of the slope? Just a thought or two! Gill from the UK.

Mary, As you've no doubt learned from reading the thousands of posts on this forum about Crassula ovata (jade), these are full-sun plants, but they need to get acclimated to full sun. If you can't give them full sun, that's OK, too, because they're just fine with partial sun, too - you need to water them less when there's less sun, however, and they should be in a porous soil if they're potted. The dew won't kill the plant at all. Just acclimate it to full sun, get it in a porous mix, and it will be fine. You can do all of these things (cutting, repotting) now, just wait a few days after repotting before you water. Please read the jade posts here for soil information - it's been written about extensively; basically a porous mix should be used - the sand is a no-no and regular potting soil usually is, too. The Virginia sun, unless it's also emitting solar flares aimed at your plant, will not kill it, but you must acclimate it for the plant to live long and prosper.

Yes, it is! We have Pike Nurseries here in Georgia. I was there buying a few blooming annuals and there it was! My little pilea looked a little droopy and dropped quite a few leaves at first. t was sitting in the kitchen window. I repotted into a larger pot and put it outside in the shade. Now it has perked up and is growing! I don’t know where that 1 & 2 came from, can’t get rid of them. It’s a mystery,