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Sep 19, 2016 6:03 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
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I agree with Tiffany. If your Jade started to look bad after you re-potted, its over-potted and, therefore, over-watered. Jades can live in an amazingly small pot. I would never pot up unless the plant is top heavy and falling over. Even then, I sometimes just drop a pot into a bigger, heavier pot or lean it on something. That pot looks enormous for the size Jade.

Dump it out and check carefully for rot. If you find rot, cut the rotten part off (yes, the roots) and re-root the stem tips. If you don't find rot, re-pot it into a smaller pot with soil especially formulated for cactus. Miracle Gro makes a good one. If you want a new pot, find one that's unglazed-on-the-inside terra-cotta. Nice and heavy and but still allows for some of the moisture to escape. Plastic and succulents (and cactus) just don't get along all that well.

A jade that is getting adequate light is very compact and the leaves have red edges. They have clusters of pinkish white flowers in the middle of winter. I hate to be unkind but yours was barely surviving before you transplanted it.
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