my new jade plant..that i got about a week ago has many..5-10 leaves turning yellow. any ideas what could be wrong? it is near a south facing window..about..4 feet away on the floor. i havent watered it yet..but it was moist when i got it and still is slightly though the top has dried. it IS root bond but i think they can be?

please help me out..

Brad

Any chance of a picture, brad? - It may help with a diagnosis.

You're right to have it in a south-facing window - the more light the better. However, if it's on the floor, it may be that the sun is too low in the sky at this time of year for it to get enough light. Having said that, i've never seen a crassula go yellow from lack of sun before showing other signs like leggy growth.

As for watering, my preferred tactic with crassula is to let the soil dry out completely, then only water when the leaves just start to show signs of dehydration (ie when they just begin to look slightly less "plump" or the skin starts to wrinkle).

It MAY be a deficiency in one or more nutrients, but this is VERY unlikely, given that they naturally thrive in very poor soil. I'm more inclined to believe that any problems will be associated with overwatering.

I have a large example that I grow outside in summer and bring in for the winter. Over the winter it loses maybe a couple of hundred leaves and replaces them with new growth the following year.

So, it may be normal at this time of year, or it may be shock caused by the change in environment. As Jim says, it is probably best for the plant to kept dry through the winter. Overwatering will kill the plant faster than anything else.

Low light doesn't bother that one although naturally they prefer full sun. They use it as a landscape plant around here and sometimes you see it in shady areas and they look fine. I vote for cold, wet roots. You may want to take a few cuttings for insurance.

Yes, but remember that light levels outdoors are always much higher than those indoors, so even in shady places, there may be plenty of ambient light.

As for "wet roots", this is only OK at times when the plant is in active growth, and therfore USING plenty of water.

Brad
is that the jade plant or jade vine?

it is the jade plant..

as for light..it is getting some direct light everyday with bright light much of the day.

watering, i guess maybe the store i bought it from overwatered? since i havent watered it yet.

i will try to get a pic of later tonight

thanks

Brad

when i was taking the pics..i saw some "burnt spots"-black spots and i saw some leaves that had a crystal like "film" on them.

heres a pic of a black spot with yellow leaves



a yellow leaf and black spots


this one has a yellow leaf and kinda shows a leaf that was crystal like and all curled up. its in the middle and is kinda dark




thanks

Brad

The plant looks fine to me, with just some older leaves dying off... which is normal.

I've no idea what it is, but leaves often develop a crystalline deposit on the surface.

Hi Brad,
that looks normal and healthy - I've had my Jade plant for 30 years so I know how to grow them :)
The yellow leaves are just old leaves that will drop off. The crystal stuff is normal to, dont know what it is but you'll notice the dead dried leaves that will collect underneath are covered in it.
Easiest way to kill them is overwatering, I hardly ever water mine and it now has been root bound for about the last 12 years. If you want it to flower let it get a few cold nights just above freezing.

Trev.

Agree with Aidan and Trev. The plant's fine.

Yep - old leaves dieing off - nothing to worry about.

However, you may find that the stems get quite bare if this process goes unchecked for a long period of time - it's a good idea to pinch out the tips of each stem's growth a couple of times a year to encourage branching lower down the plant, which will fill in any gaps.