Hi Ahling,

If it feels soft it's too much water. Jades leaves on the edges should have brown that's what says they are healthy and happy. You'll know if it's dormant because it won't be growing. When it starts producing more leaves its growing. My current one is a sub species of jade. But it loves the sun. I'm told that if they get enough sun they can even produce flowers. Of course if you have it in a shady spot you have to gradually introduce it to sun or it can get sunburned.

It sounds like your watering schedule is fine so maybe it is the amount of water you are putting in. If water sits in the bottom of the pot or the saucer you have below it that can cause rot. I've heard that about 20 minutes is all the longer plants should 'stand' in water.

Hope something in here helps. I'm a beginner gardener and love my succulents. Now I am branching out into other types of plants.

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I have a different succulent that did that and it was a lack of light. I've never had a jade do that particular thing to me. They are adorable plants and I know how easy it is to get attached to them.

I am really to new to give expert watering advise. I let mine get dry to the first knuckle on my index finger and then water. And I don't soak it. Mine has gotten pretty large so I couldn't tell you how much to add. But if water goes to the bottom I would dump it out.

Yep that's pretty much what mine will do to. Seems to grow overnight and then nothing. lol

Mine will also produce tiny rootlets from it's stem joints when it gets watered with a water soluable fertilizer. But then as I said earlier it is a sub-species of Jade not the tree variety.

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