Hi, folks are going to ask you to pls. post pix of the whole plant, the pot & the soil. We need to see all those to try & diagnose the problem. Much harder to do w/ just leaves, sorry.

Quoted : I am not over watering it........

Okay but under-watering could also be a concern as well How much are you watering by volume ? How often are you watering ?

Yes a posted pic of your jade would be nice and a peek at the soil as the leaf on the left indicates that there may be a ( slightly probable) rot problem.

Also, what direction does the window face and approximately what is your location/season?

I think it is clear that poor drainage is the cause of the leaves dropping. Why this should be is because of : no drain hole in pot, or soil clogged up with moisture (overwatering or not free-draining soil, the first you say not relevant in this case). Too low light could be another factor. I wonder have you moved the plant from a usual position recently. Sometimes a combination of factors not being quite right can be exacerbated by a move. People think also that jades are not worried by draughts, but I believe that just like you or me they don't like them.

" not overwatering" as in not watering it daily. When the soil is dry only.

Thank u Rina :)

I will start using your method to check for the soil

I repotted it about 6-7 months ago I think (not less). I did check the roots then, they seemed pretty normal to me.

As for it's location, I used to keep it out on the balcony, BUT, because a cat left her kittens on our balcony I got my plant inside cuz they broke other plants -_-

I live in Lebanon-Asia. The temp is around 20 C now.

nour

Safety of both - your plants and kitties - is important.

Our temps right now are -2*C, and slowly getting colder...it will be -20*C (and lower at times) in a month or two.

If you could add something grittier to you soil (or even change it), it may be helpful. But start with checking the moisture, the soil shouldn't stay wet for too long.

Hope the excessive leaf drop slows down/stops, and pls. post again.

Rina

the kitties!!! Am starting to lose it because of them. Just this morning they jumped into my kalanchoe and broke four pieces of it. So the kalanchoe joined the jade plant in the salon :p
thanks anyway Rina, I will will cut back watering cuz I can't change the soil and give you an update several weeks later :)

With the skewer technique, there is no cut-n-dry time to let it sit in the soil. I let the skewer or chop stick sit in the soil for about 15 minutes, then check to see if it's moist.

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I just tried the screwer technique, the soil was soggy at the bottom part of the pot, although I didn't water it this week. It seems that the new type of soil (I put after repotting it) doesn't dry or drain easily

nour

That is the reason for water-logged leaves. You need to do something before rot starts. First aid: take whole plant, including the soil, out of the container. Soil will likely stick together. You should lay whole thing on stack of newspaper and let it dry out, it will happen faster than if left in container. I am suggesting this since you said you can't re-pot into new mix now.

When the soil is considerably drier, return to the pot. Water only when skewer comes out dry, after sticking it deep into the pot. Consider getting new mix as soon as you can. It would be shame to loose such nice plant.

Grit (I use chicken grit) is excellent. Perlite is another, very easy to obtain and inexpensive ingredient. Can you get either of them or both? Is there anything inorganic that is available where you live? Fine sand isn't recommended, since it will block drainage. But if you could get very coarse sand (here, it is referred to as horticultural sand), that would work. Easy test for the appropriate size of granules would be if you can get ordinary kitchen sieve and sift it; whatever stays inside of sieve will be good to use, too fine particles will fall thru it. Do not use sand picked from the beach since it usually contains too much salt (and possibly too much calcium from shells). Let us know what's available to you.

Your new mix should be 'chunky', full of spaces between granules. That would allow good drainage and good air flow - roots start rotting in mushy, dense & wet substrate that doesn't allow them to breathe.

Whenever you are ready to re-pot, make sure you get rid off all of the soil. Shake off what you can, help to loosen it up with the skewer and/or swish the root ball in container of water. There is no point of re-potting if the old soil remains - fine soil will defeat what you are trying to achieve with chunky mix.

Rina