Hello! I bought a jade tree that was given to a couple living close to me. They overwater the crap out of it; the soil was soaked. I aerated the soil, and repotted with cactus soil, with perlite mixed it. Because the tree is so big, and I live alone, I did not get all of the old soil off of the roots. I have been checking the soil with a moisture meter; it is drying out.
BUT - the leaves look dehydrated, despite the moisture content in the soil still. Not firm and plump; a little soft and wrinkled. It is NOT dropping leaves, and there is new growth everywhere.
It did start shooting out air roots, and didn't have any beforehand.
Ideas here? Do I just need to try and break the dirt off of each trunk? There are two trunks in the pot.
The jade was originally owned by a gal that grew it for years and years; the couple that I got it from had NO idea how to care for it, hence, the overwatering.