Hello Hank. That's quite a dramatic change isn't it? I had exactly the reverse of that phenomenon with a piece of jade that I bought back from southern Spain several years ago. The mother plant was very pale almost lime green, very much like your plant is now, that is what caught my attention in the first place. There was a piece that had been knocked off as it was adjacent to the main paseo/pavement so I rescued it and grew several plants from it assuming they would be this pale yellow/green/red edged colour. Mother plant was left to bask in the full Costa del Sol sunlight and heat, admittedly in what looked like a poor and thin soil and with goodness knows what watering it as and when...dogs I mean as there were a lot being walked! Every piece I cut up rooted and went on to produce the usual deep green leaves I was more familiar with. They have all retained those nice red edges, but it appears to be the change in growing conditions that has caused the colour change in my case, nothing else I'm sure.

That said, and this being the reverse, I would definitely unpot yours and inspect the roots as with you saying it's been wet of late, maybe there could be some root issues starting....so just to make sure. The lower leaves should as you say, drop first, upper leaves yellowing is often a bad sign. What kind of mix is it planted in...the original or has it been repotted? Mine are in very gritty fast draining mixes so no rot issues so far...but they do live inside my gh x365.

I think the overall color difference is not quite as striking when I use the same camera for both photos. The first picture was with my cell phone and the 'before' picture with a DSLR. I've retaken with a DSLR and while the color difference is noticeable, it seems not as extreme.

I do think repotting is wise. I'd also like to get it into a clay pot that can breathe.

thanks,

hank

Any yellowing on few leaves at the same time should be checked out - old leaves, will dry up, shrivel and fall off, but not so many at the same time and not higher up as greenclaws already pointed out.

Poorly draining soil is very likely culprit here, and using much better, well draining mix and container with good drainage hole(s) will help.

One more thing to consider: if it stays outside - is there a chance that temps had dropped below freezing overnights? Or even around freezing after plant was soaked by rain - cold and wet are not succulents friend...

AFAIK is is a normal Crassula ovata.

I've repotted in a cactus/succulent mix that should have better drainage. It will remain inside for a week or so until I can water it and re-acclimate to outside sun.

I'm pretty sure it was not nipped by frost. It's been outside with a bunch of cuttings and they don't show any yellowing. I did bring them in on the occasional night when temperatures dipped.

thanks,

hank

Clay pot would be good, close in size to what you've got. In the meantime, remove it from that double potted setup.

Not necessarily frost-bite, just wet soil & low temps combination...sorry, I didn't make it clear.

It's natural for lower leaves to shed if the plant gets a bit too much moisture.

Can you take some closer pics of the leaves? It doesn't look like the standard Jade to me.

Josh

>Clay pot would be good, close in size to what you've got.

Done. It's 'convalescing' inside now. I understand that I should not water for a week or so after repotting.

>wet soil & low temps combination

That's possible.

>Can you take some closer pics of the leaves? It doesn't look like the standard Jade to me.

Is this adequate? When I got the plant (a few months ago) the space between leaves on the stem was about 1/4". With more sun this space has shrunk and it's growing more like a rosette. The leaves have also developed reddish edges.

Thanks!