Top heavy....compared to what? They grow as large as dogwoods in the
tropics.


"Cereus-validus....." wrote in message
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Your plant has gotten leggy and top heavy.

You need to trim away unnecessary branches and stake the main trunks.


"Charles Woolever" wrote in message
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I have an old jade plant (age unknown) but from the size, I assume it's
fairly old.

The plant has always been in a southern window. I water it once every
few weeks. When I water it, I soak the soil but do not let it stand in
runoff water. It stays inside all year. I have no insect problems with
it.

Since last summer, the plant has started to droop. The plant itself is
in very good shape with no soft tissue and only an occasional leaf drop,
usually in the fall (I live in NY state).

Here is a URL showing the plant:

http://ny.existingstations.com/Jade/Jade.html

The plant is 4 feet across and 20" high from the top rim of the pot.
Before last summer, it never hung below the top rim of the pot and now
it hangs 14" below in some places. All the "trunks" used to stand up
straight and as you can see from the large horizontal trunk, they are
loosing that vertical stance. Maybe it's top heavy?

I'd like suggestions as to what, if anything is wrong, and what I should
do or if it should just be left this way.

Thanks for the help.

Charles