Adjust Your Care
You may also find that your plant isn't in the best place for lighting or temperature control. Once you move the plant, give it time, and you may see the problem resolve itself. Changing the type or frequency of fertilizer can also be an easy fix to yellow or falling jade plant leaves.
Overwatering Symptoms
Here are the main signs of an overwatered jade plant to watch out for: Leaves turning yellow. Stems are droopy. Seemingly healthy leaves start dropping off.
The usual cause of yellow leaves on jade plant is too much sunshine. However, in some cases, this can result from the plant not getting enough light in the first place. As it ages, it even needs some direct sunlight.
Then, carefully remove the sickest yellow leaves without plucking too many off. After, give the roots a good soak by watering until you can see active water draining through the hole of the pot. Repeat this watering process once per week or every other week until your Jade's leaves appear more green than yellow again.
Light. Give jade plant at least 4 to 6 hours of bright, indirect sunlight for the greenest, healthiest leaves. Growing in part sun will result in narrow leaves that take on a grayish cast and can result in leggy plants. Feel free to take your jade plant outside during the summer.
How to Water Jade Plants. Jade plants are succulents (they hold water in their leaves), so they don't do well when sitting in constantly moist soil, so let the top 1 to 2 inches of soil dry out between waterings. Indoors, this will probably mean watering once every 2 to 3 weeks—but be sure to check regularly!
Wrinkled Leaves – This is a sign of both underwatered and overwatered jade plants, but is more common in underwatered. Drooping & Falling Off Leaves – This is another sign that's common in both overwatered and underwatered plants, but is generally more severe in an underwatered plant.
Your Jade plant should only be watered once a week during spring and summer. In the winter, water your Jade plant once every two to three weeks, or we recommend you to mist your plant with a spray bottle instead of thoroughly watering during this season.
Keep your jade plant in bright light for at least six hours per day, according to Almanac. While mature plants can handle direct sunlight, younger plants require a bright space that's free of direct rays. Without proper sunlight, your jade plant will stop growing, or it'll grow tall and leggy.
Lighting. Jade plants should receive at least 6 hours of bright light each day. Young plants should be kept in bright, indirect sunlight; large, well-established jade plants can handle more direct sunlight.
A healthy jade has erect stems and firm foliage that points outward, upward, or slightly downward. But when a plant is under stress, the young, soft stems may droop, and the foliage may hang limply, like fallen dominoes. Learn more about cultivating jade as a houseplant in our guide.
You can water it whenever the soil is totally dry. Check this with your fingers before you water. Also, never spray water on the leaves of jade, only water the soil. The leaves might fall off if you water them.
Overwatering a jade plant is a common problem. Signs can include discolored leaves, droopiness, or root rot. You can revive a jade plant if the plant hasn't been severely affected. If the plant is too damaged, you can propagate a new plant from cuttings.
Jade plants do best with daytime temperatures between 65 and 75 ° F, and nighttime temperatures between 50 and 55 ° F. During the winter months, protect plants from drafts and do not let their foliage touch windowpanes. Jades prefer the full sun or bright filtered light of a south-facing window.
A soil moisture gauge can also help you monitor the moisture level. In general, succulents survive in completely dry soil for five to seven days, especially if they have well-established roots. As your jade plant grows and starts to have more well-established roots, you can gradually cut back on watering.
These drought-tolerant plants are happy to go for several days or even weeks without water and prefer their soil remain dry most of the time. The exact time you water will differ based on where the plant is planted and the environmental conditions it is in.
Conforming to Feng Shui, place the Jade plant indoors in the south east direction of your hall or drawing room to welcome wealth luck. The southeast direction is ruled by the planet Venus that is known to increase wealth. To encourage health, harmony and thriving business, place the Jade plant in the east direction.
You'll know if your jade plant isn't getting enough water because the leaves will shrivel, but they quickly rehydrate when you water the plant. The best way to rehydrate the plant in winter is by watering it lightly two or three times rather than flooding the pot with water.
Jade plants grow to the size their root system allows, often reaching 3 feet (1 m.). Professionals say small jade plants should be repotted every two or three years, while larger plants can wait four or five years. Increase the container size with each repotting. Usually, going one size larger is appropriate.
Two or three on a larger plant. The cubes melt slowly, the water soaks in gently. Just cool and calm. When the jades really need water, they'll tell you.
All succulents need lightweight, well-draining soil. Improve the planting area by mixing one part Miracle-Gro® Garden Soil for Cactus, Palm & Citrus with one part native soil. This will improve the soil density and add nutrition to give succulent plants a boost.
Coffee, cool and black with no sugar or milk, is also great for many plants, especially acid-loving houseplants such as African violets (Saintpaulia spp), Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum), impatiens, Norfolk Island pines, Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii), jade plant (Crassula ovata), spider plants, Phalaenopsis ...