It's growing and flowering, and as long as it's warmish and the plant is getting sun, it should be watered like any plant that's growing and flowering. In fact, as long as those conditions are present, there's never a time it shouldn't be watered.

Ok thank you. The reason I was confused was because I was reading to keep it dry and cool which I have done; but if I understand correctly, once the flower buds are formed those conditions are irrelevant?

Irreverent, perhaps, but irrelevant, I don't know.

If a succulent plant is growing (and I don't know of any which aren't if their flower buds are forming, but that statement is perhaps challenged when you think of species of Ariocarpus, which tend to flower at the end of their growth cycle, flowering many times in October beore they're going to sleep)...so as I wrote, if a succulent plant is beginning to flower, it's almost a golden rule that it's in growth, and what do you do with a plant in growth? You water it. Keep the conditions of the plant good for growing and you'll have flowers perhaps for Christmas. A picture of your plant would be appreciated I'm sure.

Speaking of white, we had our first snowfall yesterday. Unlike the usual, this was wet and sludgy.

Thank you for the clarification. Here is a picture that you asked for.

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Looks great! Amazing how the whack job you did made it happier :)

I too watered my Jades when it was blooming, about the same schedule as normal...when it was dry. Very nice Jade, congrats on the blooms!

Wow Jeff, Snow seems kind of early but maybe its because we're still in the upper 80's here (FL) just the other day and seems more of the that next week as well...

I'm really ready for some Fall weather right now :o)

Yes, for the best (most developed) and longest lasting blooms, you should keep watering as you would normally. I just watered one of my blooming Jades yesterday, in fact.

Josh

American...I didn't see your Jade before, 'as Camellia stated,' whacking.

I notice your plant is indoors. Was it outside when buds formed, or did they pop-up inside?

Your Jade is doing great..nice shape, multi-buds.

Hey Nancy..do you get snow in FL?? You've mentioned 32F temps a couple/few years ago, but does the sky sparkle with flurries/flakes?

Howdy Josh..You've informed me about your part in CA.
A friend lives near the CA mountains..one winter she snapped a photo of her yard.
It looked like Jan in IL..only difference, CA snow melted in a matter of hours. :)

Don't recall seeing a variegated Jade in bud/bloom. Is green more likely to flower? Toni

"Hey Nancy..do you get snow in FL??"

Hey Toni, I personally have never seen snow/snow flurries since I've lived in FL (21 years) but I heard back in January 19, 1977 they had snow in Tampa which is about 2 hours West of where I live...I sure hope I never see it here,lol...Too many of my plants would die ...

I attached a picture below from a newspaper clipping from 1977 of a lady getting snow off her windshield. NO that is not me on the picture,lol...

Here is a link that might be useful: Snow in Tampa, FL 1977

Howdy Nancy,

Wow..guess the '77 (blizard) lol, didn't harm those beautiful palm trees.

Don't worry, I wouldn't accuse you of being the person in the newspaper article, knowing you're female.

Don't mean to sound disrespectful, but I thought the person in the photo was male. lol
In fact, he resembles Greg Brady from The Brady Bunch tv show.

I wonder if a light snow would harm your plants..if it melted minutes later.
It'd be like a cold rainfall...shouldn't hurt if the sun heated the air soon after.

Nancy, do you remember we didn't have a/c? The house was so hot, I'd place ice-cubes on soil. The cold never harmed roots.

Hey, Toni.
Oh yes, even brief snow exposure will damage the leaf-tissue of Jades, although it may not necessarily kill the thicker tissue (again, we're talking brief, not hours). When we get snow here, the snow lasts for a few days at most :-)

Toni, here's a variegated Jade bloom:

What a great shot there Josh, just superb!