Go to a plant nursery in your area foe help , BTW jades are notorious for breaking when repotting

I just repotted mine after realizing the cheap cactus soil I used stopped letting water get to the roots after a year,basically turned the rootball into a brick. I did buy a better succulent soil and added a version of als gritty mix to it.

It is much happier now. And like everyone else said.....Get help otherwise you may be rooting pieces that break off if you do it yourself.

They are not fun to repot by yourself.

Beautiful plant! That is a common reaction to repotting I think. I repotted mine this summer and it dropped old, inefficient leaves and grew new ones. Make sure it gets enough light to keep the internodes nice and compact.

It needs more sun.

I do about 2x/week, but you can go longer in the winter, especially for jade. You can push around the mix and see if it is dry (even use a dowel rod), or judge by the weight of the pot. ultimately, it drains so well, it's unlikely you'll overdo it.

Some people suggest waiting until the leaves lose plumpness to avoid over watering. I've been doing this for some jades that were a wedding gift: I watered them for the first time in 6-weeks this weekend. They plumped right back up. However, most people say that causes undue stress to the plan, especially since there is a low risk of over watering if you use gritty mix. The consensus is it's better not to water on a schedule, but rather to water as needed. I mentioned above, a lot of people stick a wooden dowel rod in the soil and pull it out to see if it is damp. Other people try to stick their finger a couple inches down. And yet others learn the weight of their potted plant when it is dry, and lift the plant to see how much water weight it seems to still be holding. It also depends on how slow your plant is growing in the winter: if it all but halts, monthly watering might be plenty (that's what I'm planning to do for my dormant plants that are under my storm doors). For my indoor plants, I do about 2-times a week since the gritty mix lets water through pretty quickly, its dry inside my house, the heat is own, and the plants get decent light.

Poor monster desperately needs more light.

You'll figured it out - there is a good size window between too little and too much. Try being conservative and watering less and if your plant seems thirsty, water slightly more. Same with any plant, you don't want it to look thirsty before you give it a drink: just because its not turning into a raison doesn't mean it can't take a drink. However, being a little thirsty will promote the jade to grow more roots (searching for water).

Debbie, Bonsai Jack succulent soil is very similar to gritty mix, albeit a bit more expensive. If one can't find the GM components, or doesn't want the dust and mess and hassle of screening and mixing, Bonsai Jack Succulent Soil is an excellent product.

I have Japanese Maples, which like more water than succulents, in gritty mix and I only water about once a week, twice if it is 90-95F (32-35C). Although GM is free draining, it still holds a good deal of water, so you could probably do less watering on succulents.

When you get your 14 more gallons, fill a fair sized pot with CJSS and saturate it well. Leave it for a week or two, then dump it out onto a tray and see how much moisture is retained. Use that as a basis of your watering regimen. I left one for a month (indoors out of direct sunlight) and was surprised at how much moisture remained!

A great method is to lift the pot before watering and after watering (or even use a scale) and use its weighs as a basis for watering. Watering because it is Tuesday afternoon (or whatever day/time/season) can be problematic.

When you become comfortable with the weight method, your only water when it needs water. You, and your plants will be happy!

Jades are very hearty except they can't handle freezing temps. If you have a pot with a drain hole, you can just let it dry out and then really soak it when it starts to wither. If you don't have a drain hole, you can put some ice cubes around the stalk every week and only put some water if it gets withered, but not to soak it. More likely to rot or mold with overwater than die from lack of it.

You can’t kill Jade plants where I live ( coastal So California ), they’re very hardy plants. I’m sure it will be fine. If anything breaks off, they root very easily .

I use a specialty succulent mix distributed by a local grower and I may water once a month in winter....sometimes even less than that, depending on the plant. I grow three different kinds of jades and none have ever exhibited shriveling or an obvious need for water. What is important to take from the above responses is to never water on any sort of schedule but only when the plant needs it. And they don't need much in winter :-))

I've had some P. afra that dropped all their leaves and still survived. They seem to get pissy in winter.

I figured out I was overwatering one, underwatering the others, and nobody was getting enough light. After rectifying that, they're doing a better job keeping leaves.

How are the roots on yours?

We have sandy silt soil and in the ground or pot they don't seem to over water easily.

Debbie, does that pot have drainage holes at the bottom? Or does it have a reservoir?