Oh my goodness, poor thing. Hang in there, you'll get some good help here. I imagine the first instruction will be to soak all that compacted soil off, possibly some additional pruning now or later.

Do you have a new pot and soil ready to go for it?

Plastic might work but clay would be good too if you have it because the plant is large and the Weight of the clay will stabilize the plant. You need a fast draining potting mix.

I have no advice but I am interested in what people have to say about this. I have a much smaller jade plant that could probably benefit from repotting and wondering if the cactus mix/perlite combo would work well for it??

Cactus mix + lots of perlite will work well. And if available, pumice instead of perlite, and even adding some grit.

If my plant, I would try to crumble off old soil as much as possible. If any soil is left, it could be blasted off with a garden hoe or sprayer. If hardened peat, swish in a bowl of warm water (try not to soak for too long, but if lots of soil remains soaking could be necessary). If water needs to be used, set cleaned plant on some paper towels to soak up excess water. Inspect roots, cut off any dry, broken and rotted (if any).

Get well draining mix; clay/terracotta pot may be better as socks suggested (for some weight). Pot it about same depth as before. It may need some support until roots can anchor plant. You could try with some large rocks placed close to trunk. Tying is another option, but may not be needed. Do not water for a while if roots needed to be washed. Otherwise, start watering after about day or two.

Do not know where you live, but give it best light possible, acclimatizing to sunlight over a week or two (depends where you are - add growing zone or general location to your name so we don't have to ask again...)

Good news, that plant looks healthy and will be fine. These plants are VERY hard to kill. I agree with the above comment from rina_Ontario,Canada(5a) on the soil. You'll probably notice some of the stubby ends shrivel and fall off back to the last knuckle, this is perfectly normal and this is where new leaves will begin growing.

I have over 50 of these plants and have been growing them indoors and outdoors for 8 years now with great success. This year is the first time I've given any of my Jades a hard pruning. New baby leaves are poking out on all of them after about a month at the knuckles where I trimmed them.

I would wash off the old soil, replant it in fresh, free draining soil and after watering it in like any other plant, let it completely dry out for a month. From there it's a balance of keeping it dry enough for the plant to grow new roots, and watered enough to grow new leaves. What I do is keep the plants dry for a while until the leaves become soft, then flat, then let the pot stand in water over night to fully saturate. I would only do this after the new leaves have come through though.

These are desert plants, so appreciate the dry conditions and they are lazy rooters - as in, they wont grow new roots and anchor them selves into the ground unless it's dry and the plant has to grow roots to search for water. Given how large the plant is, keeping it dry will help the plant establish itself.

Sorry that was a bit long winded. You've got a lovely plant there, best of luck getting it settled in. :)

Thanks much appreciated

Sorry to disagree even if briefly. These are not difficult to kill (I've killed my share & no longer grow them) & they are not desert plants; I believe they're though to have originated in South Africa.

Sorry, but that is just incorrect info.

That was fast, Andy! Maybe kittencat or rina will pop in and suggest any pruning, if needed.

yah, very fast...I guess you didn't let it dry up/wick off extra water - or maybe wasn't necessary? I hope so, it could be nice plant. It takes a while to get such fat trunks. Potting mix sounds good, nice container you used - but does it have drainage hole(s)?

I would not do any pruning right now since it should recuperate first.

In the future, when pruning, don't leave such long stubs. They take long time to callus, as there is lots of flesh to dry up. It is much better to cut with sharp blade-knife, not pruners as they squish plant rather than cut cleanly. Making cuts much closer to the 'collar' will help to have much nicer stem that will callus faster. There will be a scab that will fall off on it's own (no need to force it off).

I wouldn't really call them lazy rooters - any plant sitting in constantly wet soil(except bog loving plants) will have hard time to grow roots.

It definitely has drainage holes I wrapped a towel around it to soak up some of the water from the roots after spraying the old soil off used a really dry mix and a pot not much bigger than the root ball to help to dry faster going to wait a few weeks or so to water it's nice and warm in the room it's in also

Oh yeah I got it pruned that way I've never hard pruned a jade before just adeniums I was really wondering how long it usually takes to start growing back

lmontestella((NYC) 7b) Out of curiosity, how did you manage to kill them?
Andy Dickerson(8a) Give it a month and keep an eye on the stems as well. It will probably start bushing out at the knuckles going down the main trunk as well as at the cuts and branches.

Andy

Did you, by a chance, take photos of the root ball? I would like to see it if possible.

I have pruned hard quite a few, and they usually start growing new leaves in few weeks. It really depends on how healthy the plant is - especially roots. If there are some leaves on the plant left, it will happen faster since existing leaves produce food.

Here is one pruned on Feb. 21; and same plant on March 11:

Same plant today (March 23):

I didn't take any pics of the root ball the looked alright didn't see any for or anything it looked like it was planted in just dirt from outside but it did come from Florida I wonder if it was dug up from outside it had some rather large roots that looked trimmed to fit the pot it was shipped in

Andy, pls. use punctuation, otherwise, it's hard too read your comments.

Thanks guys really appreciate the advice !

Congratulations!!! Show us after a couple weeks/months, whatever. Success stories are great!

That is a great Jade! i recognise the pot it came in..looks just like the ones that i got today! Ebay seller, he has a lot of really big fat jades he sells..nice big portulacaria afras too. Yours is just lovely and i am sure it will do well for you as it sounds like your mix is very good. I hope mine will do well also.