Dear ?,

I don't believe it's an abnormal description that you provide.

Best light - your plant would do well in bright light, and colour up nicely in full sun, but it should be acclimated first to a change in sun.

I personally would prune it, but it's a matter of taste. As long as it gets enough sun, the limbs don't get leggy and heavy and put too much pressure on the trunk to support etiolated growth. If you wanted to trim a little, just the branch at 10 o'clock, with perhaps the one at 9, too.

There is enough material here on Crassula ovata to fill several tomes - if you some searching, using 'jade' or 'Crassula ovata', you will find lots of information on growing, cutting and propagating this plant.

Thank you. I have done a lot of searching on this plant, but nothing described how the leaves should feel to the touch. That was my main concern.

Plus I've read differing opinions about direct sunlight.

I'm definitely going to prune it where you suggested, thanks!

OO,

You'll find nearly as many opinions on that as you will on soil mixes. It's whatever pleases you - more sun usually equals a more colourful plant, as your searches will show you. Personally, I'd give it as much sun as possible, but I always tried to have a plant that looked as if it was from habitat (not that I succeeded).

Oakleyok,

More sun on this plant will bring out a pink color on the edges.

The leaves are thinner than other Jades, so that's why they seem strange. The plant looks good to me.

I will try and post a pic of the pink in a bit.

JoJo

Thanks JoJo. I remember my other Jade having nice plump leaves and wondered why these didn't. Now I don't have to worry!

Can't wait to see a picture.

Hey, Oakley! So you have some Jades, too! ;)
Give me a moment and I'll link you to a couple cool Threads (by Caudex) on pruning/re-potting these guys.

Jade Root-Pruning

And the follow-up:

All this talk of Jade...

Enjoy!

Josh

Also,variegated Jade is a much more smaller and slower growing plant than plain Jade. In pots in summer outdoors they might prefer some shade.

Hi again Josh! Yeah, I have quite a few houseplants now that my house is bigger. I used to grow all sorts of plants in my 20s when it was a popular thing to do. I just aged myself I think. lol.

It's been years since I've grown indoor plants and now I'm back in the swing of things. I have a lot of books on houseplants but they don't answer all my questions.

Thanks for the links. I hope to find a larger Jade plant (the dark green one) soon once the nurseries start stocking up on their houseplants along with garden plants.