A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The House Plant Forum Cacti and Succulents Indoors Another jade question?????

It seems we never run out of jade questions on this forum.

I actually feel bad about my question, because I knew better before I created my problem. I over-watered my jade and now many of the bottom leaves are soft and look kind of sick. When I first saw what was happening 2 weeks ago, I stopped giving water, but I see no change so far.

My question is will the leaves return to normal or have I created a bigger problem in the jade's root system? The trunk of the jade is still hard and no sign of rot on the outside so far. What is the best thing I can do?

I would put it in the hottest driest spot you have and cross your fingers - (Try to avoid long periods of direct sun.) Of course, don't water it any more for awhile. I only water my jades 3-4 times per year, and I'm very stingy about it. I put them in the sink and spray all the leaves to shine them up a bit. Whatever drips into the pot is what they get for the next few months. You could also pluck the mushy leaves - That shouldn't hurt anything. Good luck!

Thanks gals for your info'. My jade is "drying out" so to speak right now and no the soil is not wet at all. There are new ones popping up all over the trunks on my jade, so I think I'll follow your advice Joclyn and take off the bad leaves.

Hopefully my jade won't look too bad, if it does I guess I'll just have to start a new one a remember a hard learned lesson.

Joclyn here are some pictures I took of my jade. The pictures hardly show what the leaves really look like or feel like. But let's see what you think.



Here is the full sized picture.



A bit closer, not sure if you can see the lower damaged leaves. The red tinge in the leaves comes from the plant standing in the sun I think.



Here are the little ones growing. They're actually coming in quite fast and look healthy enough to me.

Thanks Joclyn, glad to hear that it doesn't look so bad. I put in a lot of effort to get that jade where it is today and I love it too much to give up on it.

I'll clip the newer leaves as you suggest and then sit back and watch it closely. I really don't mind the redish tint to the leaves, it bothers me more to see the leaves become so soft. Lesson learned the hard way, but learned none the less.

Just an update on this jade....some of the leaves are actually becoming firm again. I'm leaving the leaves and will see what happens with the older ones. Thanks Joclyn for your help.

I've cut back on my watering schedule quite a bit. Glad I saw this before it was too late.

I will later on, then you might see the difference in the growth as well.

I've never grown a jade, but I see jade topics come up too much to believe that one!

Hello, I am new to this forum and I am so glad I've found some answer to my poor jade plant, I have my jade since last July, it's growing really well until I over water it! (back then I didn't know it only need little water @_@ until I find this forum)

At the junction of where the stem and the leave, it started to become brown, then the leaves start breaking off! I jsut want to ask how long does this over water effect have on my jade, I feel so sad....I am almost like a killer.....
I stop watering since 10 days ago. I am in an office environment and air is pretty dry. Also I would like to know how does rot root look like? I am all new to plant and gardening.....
Thank you

Hello Joclyn,

I will post some picture later on tonight.(the pic might not be good because I took it with my mobile phone)

the soil I have it in is the original moss (?) plus all purpose potting soil which contain perlite, humus, peat moss, compost., the container is a 7 inches diameter pot(with drainage) and I usually put it by the window on south east side of building, there is an air vent above it but not directly onto the plant.

I will try to upload some pictures of it tonight. Thank you for your help.

Jades are a special plant and they are not hard to handle at all but like Joclyn said we tend to care for them more then we aught too, that's all.

To my horror...I have also found some little bug on my jade! It's hard for me to take picture of the bug becasue is is bery small, shape like almond, black, they stick to the leaves surface (moving!) There's not many of them , I have found 1-2 on a leaf and another few leaves! what could that be? (they move slow)

I took my "happy" jade plant home and ask my Husband to do a full photography view on it!



this is a new leaf with edges like that


this is on one of the leaf



this is the area I mentioned, on the stem, the coneection between the leaves and stem turn brown, and leaves start to break off, also the leave become soft



more clear view on the stem and broken part


almost full view of the plant


another full view

ALSO at the back of most leave, went brown as well.....#_#

About those bugs, I cannot get my husband to take it, it just smaller than sesame seed (about less than half of a seasame seed), it moves pretty slow.

Today I have found about 4-5 on the jade. I really don't know what they are.
I have not water my jade for almost 14 days now.

Hello Joclyn, thanks for your help. He had a macro lens but the bugs is too small to get to the right focus. I will definitely try the q-tips method,. I didn't remove any webbing, so I don't think it is those spider mites. I will keep the plant at home for now and see how it is. I have another question, should I leave my Jade indoor (in where I live, none of a place is having sunlight directly)??

Thank you again. I will also try to get a magnify glass as well and see what does the bugs look like ^_^

if it's been used to artificial lighting, i'd keep it inside for the moment. no need to shock it more than it is with the move from work to home!

once you've got bug issue straightened out, you could gradually introduce it to brighter light and then work it outside for a couple of months.

if you can get a good/detailed description of it, we should be able to figure out what it is. and then we can get rid of it :evilgrin:

Sorry about my late posting, this is the best I can get for the bugs under magnifying glass, it seems that it can fly as well, there are usually 2-3 on a single leave, more problem to my jade, even the new leaves are really soft and looks like there's drainage on them! color become more dark green......I am not sure if it will survive! I may have to cut a stem according to the method describe in this website.

also more brown between most of the leaves and the stem....... #_#

Hello Joclyn,
I have just repot it in cactus soil and will wait for a bit, just want to ask how long before I can give it a good drink? Thank you for all your help. ^_^

Hello, just quick update for my "happy", it's doing ok after I repot it with cactus soil, however, on some of the connection between the leaves and stem still has that "brown thing" on. (see the previous page with photo of Happy)

I am still not sure what they are!