Mine is much different to these ones . There must be different types of Jade . Mine hangs down and is much lighter green .So what I posted is clearly of very little use to you it would appear .Sorry I advised you wrongly ,as has been pointed out ,by many other posters .
I grow mine directly in tea mugs, small novelty porcelain coffee cups and large teracotta pots.
OP, I would apply the clip and grow (ie directional pruning) method to correct the lean of your plant.
Currently, I think it looks a bit too lanky so needs to be cut back to proportion. Notice how Crassula ovata forms side shoots at the node of the leaves - if you chop off the tip of a long branch then you will force the plant to grow side shoots (which will become branches) lower down. Then selectively prune those branches to get a balanced plant.
Also exploit the fact that your plant is in a pot to correct the lean. Plants will naturally grow towards the light so rotate the pot accordingly.
Jade plants can be propagated very easily from leaves and from stem/branch cuttings. Conventional wisdom says that you must let the wound on the cutting dry out for a few days before planting them, however, I have never done this.
I just plant them straight away in a well drained soil mix (70% compost, 30% perlite or sharp sand), water moderately and leave them on a warm window sill.
wow, those are amazing! never seen anything quite so pot bound flourishing so strongly! i would imagine i'd have to prune the roots to get them into tea mugs, but i won't know till i take them out.
everyone is saying i should severely prune the above soil growth when i repot them, so i shall do that. thank you.
I grow mine directly in tea mugs, small novelty porcelain coffee cups and large teracotta pots. […]
i've always assumed that every plant needs drainage, so have avoided ceramic pots, as they generally don't have drainage holes. is this not true? if not, i need to ask the question about each of my plants, do they need drainage? how can you make sure the plant is not overwatered?
Yes, you could trim the roots and plant the jade into a tea mug but I didn't do it that way. I started with cuttings instead.
Below is one of my other jade plants in a small novelty coffee cup. This one is top heavy and has gone slightly off balance - it needs a coin wedge to keep it standing upright.
It has been in the same cup since 2016 with nothing done to the roots.
Before pruning.
After pruning.
I am trying to make this jade plant look like a tree so I've chopped off the thick branches as they were out of proportion with the main trunk.
I have removed the tips of the thin branches to try to force the plant to grow some thinner branches lower down so, for the time being, it does not look very convincing as a tree.
Here are the inbetween steps.
Although this jade plant has been in the same cup for about seven years, I would recommend that you clean the roots every three or four years if you intend to keep one of these.
To do that, gently pull the plant out of the cup and tease out as much of the old soil as possible with a toothpick or a fork. Then rinse the whole rootball under a gentle running tap to wash out the calcium carbonate deposits that may have built up, especially if you live in a hard water area.
Afterwards, you can replant into the same cup with a bit of fresh soil.
Propagating new plants using the prunings.
Water moderately after potting up the branch cuttings and/or leaves.
Keep them on a warm, bright window sill and resist the urge to water them again until the soil has completely dried out.
You don't need to worry too much about a branch cutting as the leaves will contain enough water to sustain the plant in drought conditions. It is normal for the older leaves lower down to turn brown and shrivel up when this happens.
Leaf cuttings don't have this contingency so they need a little bit of extra care with the watering.
Once the cuttings have rooted, I water once a week from mid April to November. I stop watering completely for the other months.
The watering frequency depends on your own indoor environment - do some trial and error to find out what is suitable for your own circumstances.
If conditions are warm then jade plants can tolerate sitting in a pool of water with no drainage holes so you don't have to worry too much about over watering.
I feed with two pinches of a slow release granular balanced fertiliser (eg Growmore 7:7:7 NPK) once a year in May.
thank you so much for taking the time to tell me all that, and all the lovely pictures. sorry, i've had a bit of email trouble, so didn't see it before. will now read through it.
Mine is much different to these ones . There must be different types of Jade . Mine hangs down and is much lighter green .So what I posted is clearly of very little use to you it would appear .Sorry I advised you wrongly ,as has been pointed out ,by many other posters .
not at all, you were trying to help, and that is much appreciated.
i love this site so much, as everyone wants to help. so many kind words, everyone here is so friendly.
sorry for the delay, i've been having email problems.
do you have a picture of yours? maybe someone here knows about the different types.
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Martin Luther KingBelow is one of my other jade plants in a small novelty coffee cup. This one is top heavy and has gone slightly off balance - it needs a coin wedge to keep it standing upright.
It has been in the same cup since 2016 with nothing done to the roots.
Before pruning.
After pruning.
I am trying to make this jade plant look like a tree so I've chopped off the thick branches as they were out of proportion with the main trunk.
I have removed the tips of the thin branches to try to force the plant to grow some thinner branches lower down so, for the time being, it does not look very convincing as a tree.
Here are the inbetween steps.
Although this jade plant has been in the same cup for about seven years, I would recommend that you clean the roots every three or four years if you intend to keep one of these.
To do that, gently pull the plant out of the cup and tease out as much of the old soil as possible with a toothpick or a fork. Then rinse the whole rootball under a gentle running tap to wash out the calcium carbonate deposits that may have built up, especially if you live in a hard water area.
Afterwards, you can replant into the same cup with a bit of fresh soil.
Propagating new plants using the prunings.
Water moderately after potting up the branch cuttings and/or leaves.
Keep them on a warm, bright window sill and resist the urge to water them again until the soil has completely dried out.
You don't need to worry too much about a branch cutting as the leaves will contain enough water to sustain the plant in drought conditions. It is normal for the older leaves lower down to turn brown and shrivel up when this happens.
Leaf cuttings don't have this contingency so they need a little bit of extra care with the watering.
Once the cuttings have rooted, I water once a week from mid April to November. I stop watering completely for the other months.
The watering frequency depends on your own indoor environment - do some trial and error to find out what is suitable for your own circumstances.
If conditions are warm then jade plants can tolerate sitting in a pool of water with no drainage holes so you don't have to worry too much about over watering.
I feed with two pinches of a slow release granular balanced fertiliser (eg Growmore 7:7:7 NPK) once a year in May.