Not sure abt your Jade (Crassula ovata), guessing that those bendy stems are from overwatering & guess also that the plant needs more light.

The Haworthia in your hand seems to have rotted from the base; looks like overwatering to me.

3x a week you're watering succulents? Yes I saw temps in 80s, but 3x a week?

I'm in NYC w/out air conditioning, in summer I water those plants maybe once a week or every ten days.

Please be reminded that what makes succulents special is their ability to hold water in their tissues, but seemingly not as much water as you're giving them.

Yes I would agree with PG above - there's no way 3x a week is good for these plants. You're slowly drowning them.

I would agree with PG also, that is way to much water. Once a week at most and not a LOT even then.

Your Jade is suffering from over watering and also not enough light. The spacing between the leaves on the stems is a dead givaway that there is not enough light...they need bright light and sunlight if possible.

The hawarthia is just plain rotting from overwater and there is likely not much you can do to save it. You can try to remove all the leaves that have the rot and see if the rest will grow. But once you remove all the rotted leaves do NOT water it for at least a couple weeks..give it time to dry out good and regrow new roots. Then after the plant as started to grow new roots give it just a tiny drink of water then wait another 2 weeks at least before giving it anymore. They dont like or need a lot of water.

Wish you well in this.

Mary

Gosh we must be doing something wrong, we are have temps at l03 at least for the past week, we only water once a week all of our genus. They look fine and plump, and they are outside in the hot sun. I would give those plants all of them some sun gradually. I don't think the "Jade" will stand up again. It will not die though. Mary and PG people will take your advise it is sound. I know I have been explaining these problems for the past eight year over and over about 60 inquiries each mo. Dec.-April, we have been hoping that people will get this down pat. Don't give up on yourplant. I hope it will get well, and you prune it back in Oct. and its flowers for you in December and you show us pictures. Norma

Oh, no, I meant to say I water every third week not 3x/week!! Thanks for your feedback, though!

Hey, Plantlover!

You already have sufficient advice on how to adjust your watering habits,
so I'll speak to the nature of this Jade, itself. I believe that my
sister grows this variety, which has a tendency to droop (when it gets some
weight to its upper limbs). Incidentally, she had hers indoors for quite
some time, and it, too, began to languish - and, because of the slightly-
droopy habit, the foliage looked even worse.

Finally, earlier this summer, she brought the plant outside....and, boy,
what an improvement! In full sun, this is truly one of the more colorful and
compact Jade varieties. My recommendation is that you prune this Jade back
so that it can support itself. Then, put it in a sunny window...if you can't
put it outside directly.

If you prune this plant consistently, it will be able to hold itself upright.
I'd remove a bunch of those extra trunks in the pot and re-pot them elsewhere.
I'd focus on the largest of the trunks, and the new upright growth in the
middle of the pot. Prune the thickest trunk back to the point where it begins
to curve downward. I think you and your plant will be much happier!

Here are some pics of my sister's plant in the house.
The habit is remarkably similar, eh? We pruned this plant in two stages.
You can also see the two terracotta pots that we filled with cuttings.
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And here's the cutting I got from this plant.
It develops a wonderful red/maroon color in the Spring and Fall. A real delight.
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Josh

Going to the extreme either direction is not good. I would water about once a week to 10 days....start a watering schedule and stick to it so that you develope a patern for your plants...not all plants have the same requirments so it is good to know what you have and what their needs are for water, sun soil...ect.

In the world of succulents and cactus there is much diversity of care needs from amount of sunlight to amount of water and how dense the soil needs to be for optimum growth and vitality.

I started a watering schedule on my computer for my plants and right now I have 3 differant watering times ...some get water once a week, others every 2 weeks and some just once a month according to their needs. I set it up on my computer to remind me of the days for watering each group of plants..it works well and that way I never overwater the cactus and never underwater the succulents.

Not all succulents like a lot of water...crassula tetragona is a great example of this, they like to be dry and in sun. If overwatered they loose their leaves and eventually rot and die, yet they are a succulent. This is one I water every 2 weeks. While my Echeveria Nodulosa gets water every week along with several other succulents.

I actually know of some cactus that like dense compact soil, wich is somthing many do not like because it doesnt drain so well, but this particular cactus thrives in it..so again caution is used in watering. So you see we just need to know our plants and that takes some research:)

hope that helps.

Mary

Josh I just saw your post and I have a Jade that looks just like the one in the last pic, about the same size even..with the deep maroon color and the very light color to the new growth..it is a miniature jade that keeps small compact leaves. I placed mine outside couple weeks ago and the color change has been fabulous!

blessings,
Mary

Thanks, again. I put the pot on my balcony with its sister succulents. I have a lot of fallen leaves which I hope to propagate. Hopefully I'll be able to bring my dear old jade back to life.

Plantlover, I'm with Josh - whack that baby back to the main trunks. By spring, you'll be SO glad you did! There was a time when I hesitated to do this, afraid I'd kill it. But in the end, they ALWAYS look SO much better and compact, you'll be thinking, "Geez, why didn't I do this a LONG time ago!"

I have one I grow in a community pot at work. The pic isn't great, but you can see how compact it can be, and the great red tones in sun. (I'll post a link to the gallery below where I put the photo...) This spring, it started with one branch that had drooped due to winter low-light. I decided to leave it that way when I put it outside and it developed gobs of little leaves all along that droopy branch. It still looks a little weird with the droopy branch, but it gives it a little "flair." You can't see this branch in the photo - I'll have to get a better one and post it here next time I go to work...

Denise in Omaha

Here is a link that might be useful:

Got photos of that leaning branch on my mini-leaf Jade. Here's the branch...
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And here's a closeup of that new growth...
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I especially love the red in the leaves as it gets summer sun.

Denise in Omaha

Just beautiful Denise, looks perfect, thanks for the treat!