Doesn't look sick, but "hungry" for light for sure.
Is it high up on some kind of shelve? Where is the light coming from - just one window?
Bending of branches and lots of space between leaves is sure sign of not enough light.
From what I can see in photos, trunks appear to be healthy, and so do leaves - but it is etoliated all over.
Not sure about soil, again - in the photo it looks either wet or very organic (very dark).

Could you give some more details?

Rina

You actually have 6 separate plants there, they could all be potted separately. But your potting medium is wrong, and they need much brighter light than they have been getting. I would 'whack' them all good, and put in a better draining, less organic potting medium. Search the forum about 'whacking jades'. It will reinvigourate your plants. But a crucial key for good growth is also sufficient bright light, which these absolutely require for best appearance and growth. A south window is best, north window worst. They would benefit immensely from a summer outside,

Christopher

Hello! Well it's alive anyway! There are lots of questions and answers to be looked into ;) Loads of jade posts on here....do a search and you will find tons of info. Sooooo.....

Has it always drooped like that? Jades usually grow upright, like trees.

What kind of soil is it in? Looks the wrong kind to me, it needs on open fast draining type, plenty of info on here if you do a search for gritty mix as almost every other post is asking the same info.

What kind of lighting does it get? Jades prefer good light ....else they droop.

Does it ever get fed? Most things like a feed now and then.

Are the branches floppy and pliable? They should be strong enough to support their own weight with their thick foliage, enough to stay upright and straight.

How often do you water it please? Surprising how much they can take in summer...as long as it drains out fast.

Has the pot got drainage holes in it? It should have several.

If it was mine, I would start again by selecting the best looking stems and sever them, allow to dry for a day or so then plant each one upright in it's own gritty mix pot with a supporting stick if necessary, prune the side branches right back and let it root. It will eventually strengthen it's trunk enough to stand upright once more. Just my thoughts on what I would do...it's your call really :)

Hope you will help us to help your plant.

Gill UK

ah-ha, everyone was typing at the same time :)

I agree, the plant itself looks healthy - I can see a lot of new growth, and the leaves look plump. It's just really leggy from not enough light.

I would hack it back BUT...I wouldn't do so until after that soil is dry as a bone. Like, let it dry out, then wait another month without watering it. The reason is that when you cut it back, the plant will no longer have all that leaf mass to use up the water and it will stop drawing water from the soil. You'll be left with roots sitting in wet soil for a long time. That leads to root rot.

After all that is done and it's actively growing new limbs, only then would I worry about changing the soil. If you're going to cut it back then this isn't the time to be repotting it too.

Surely just hacking it back as it is now, the stems will still be crawling over the edge of the pot as there is almost no vertical growth to speak of at the moment???

Gill UK

Gill, we all did, and have just about identical answers/questions...

Rina

Well, you formed it to the "Crassula Pendula". :-) but sure is healthy.

Martin

Thanks so much for this information, everyone! This is really interesting stuff! Here are some details to answer some of the questions in your posts:

Light: I agree it doesn't get nearly enough light. I'm in a high rise building in a city and currently at a west-facing window. I'd say this poor plant gets maybe 2 hrs of straight sunlight per day. I think I'll transport it home and give it some rehab in a sunny place for the summer months and see what happens. It might end up as a home-based plant if it's happy there.
Soil: I have no idea what this was originally potted in and I haven't attempted to change up the soil since I found the plant. I can look into changing this, as well.
Water: I water this maybe once every 3 weeks - I always wait until the soil is bone dry before giving it a good soak. Then I'll usually give it about 16 oz of water.
The branches: they are indeed very bendy, hence the drooping nature of the plant. I assume if I make some changes (more light, better soil, a good whacking) they might try to stand up strong and vertical?
Thank you!!

Yeah I can tell you're doing a good job with it because the plant looks very healthy. It's droopy because it's lengthening its stems to try to reach the light, and those thin, long stems can't support the weight. Whether that's good or bad is up to you! I think it looks kind of cool actually. If you want a more compact, upright plant you'd have to cut it back and put it outdoors, or in an indoor location with significantly better light. Or just get another one and keep that outside.

The branches won't try and stand up by themselves just by giving the plant better conditions I'm afraid as it seems to have been growing in this way for some time I guess. To get upright growth, you will need to do as I suggested above, or......

You could try to straighten a stem very carefully and stake it to hold it upright. However, if it's been bent for so long it may not be able to go vertical and could well snap as the tissues and outer skin would be stretched on one side and pushed together on the opposite side.

As Jeff says you have 6 plants, so I would treat each one as a separate plant..

Gill UK

To tell you the truth, id consider doing this: get a slightly wider and more shallow pot, a bag of cactus dirt, and while the roots are at a dry condition, turn the entire plant upside down so that the base of the stems end up at the bottom of the pot and the downward drooping stems are facing upward. Much of the current base of the plants will be buried but you will have a bunch of vertical stems that are small enough to support themselves from there on out. And of course put it in brighter light. You will also need a small table (about the width of your new pot) this way the newer growth which is now curved downward will have room to hang below the table top and eventually it should turn upward. Consult a professional first, but id consider that route.