Well for starters..

If you are an overwaterer, I would forget this one...lol

These plants like to dry out completely well between waterings..

Mike..:-)

Pls. switch over to the Cactus & Succulent Forum (of GardenWeb)& search for Jade or Crassula where you'll find LOADS of info. & tips about these plants, including all they need to do well.

They're not tricky at all, quite simple actually, as long as a few things are followed. As Pirate Girl suggested, the lonk below will take you to a whole fortnight's reading - there's also a FAQ on this plant that you can use, too.

Here is a link that might be useful: It Is All About The Crassula

I agree on reading the FAQ at the C&S forum. Also search this forum for Jades.
Plenty of advice has been given recently, but basically just ignore them, don't overwater and lots of light.

And goblue has it in nine words and several pieces of punctuation. Excellent!

"ignore them, don't overwater and lots of light"

*lol* Perfect, indeed.

And if they get too dry or too soggy, break off the still-solid bits that have a couple of green leaves, stick them into some lightly moist soil, and you can start all over again!

No, sorry, need to pls. disagree w/ the last comment. To start them over pls. stick them in DRY, not slightly moist mix (which will likely rot them).

Yep, dry mix!
Place them in dry mix, and the cutting will send out roots in search of moisture.

Do not water a plant/cutting that has no roots...!
It *cannot* utilize that moisture...yet.

Josh

Yep dry mix!
You can even root leaves, just lay them on the soil and eventually they will root and the leaf will shrivel up and die off after new growth starts.

Yup, dry mix also...I even place mine on top of dry sand, dry mulch, dry bark, dry soil, and even on top of stones..I think the moisture in the air alone is enough to keep these leaves from dehydrating to death before shooting out little roots..

::oops:: Sorry.

I've always used (and not had a problem with) moist substrate. But then, it's also quite likely that most of my jade pieces had already begun to shoot out little roots in desperation before I broke them off the dying main plant... (Yes, I can kill jade, but it does take a lot of work to do so--like half a year of not watering plants in a sunny window above a heat register. Seriously, they are nearly impossible to kill off completely so long as you don't over water.)

This post had me feeling guilty about neglecting my jades, so this morning I watered (what is left of) my pots of jade and the three rooting trays I have... Now they'll keel over from sheer shock! ::gasp:: "The lady watered us!" *lol*

The sad part, is your probably right!! lololol

Oh, oh, if the leaves start turning yellow...

Mike..:-)