Is your jade plant always looking worse for wear in summer? Some plant lovers even say their jade plant starts dropping leaves for no reason, and a single breath is enough to send a whole layer falling off. This is because your jade plant care method is wrong! If you want your jade plant to look beautiful in summer and survive the season safely, you need to master these few little tips. Let's take a look!

Ventilation

When growing a jade plant in summer, ventilation is a must. Without ventilation, leaf drop and black rot are a piece of cake! If you have the conditions, you can grow your jade plant outdoors, placing it in a shaded spot outside or under the shade of a tree. If you don't have those conditions, put it on a north-facing balcony, keep the window open often, and maintain air circulation. If you notice the jade plant's leaves are still firm but dropping in large numbers, then the roots have been suffocated. You need to ventilate it quickly and water it with carbendazim.

Light

When growing a jade plant in summer, never place it in direct sun to bake. In mild cases, the leaves get scorched patches; in severe cases, the jade plant will be sunburned to death! When temperatures are high, keeping it in a cool, ventilated spot or in indirect light is enough. When the temperature is above 30°C, keeping it in a cool spot is slightly better than keeping it in indirect light. A jade plant that doesn't get sun may grow a bit leggy, but it won't die. Too much light and too high a temperature will kill the jade plant outright.

Watering

How to water a jade plant in summer is a headache. Water too little and it dries out; water too much and it gets waterlogged... My principle is that it's better to let it dry out a bit than to let it get waterlogged. That's because in summer the jade plant is in a dormant state and needs very little water. As long as the potting soil is slightly moist, it can survive. If the potting soil is on the drier side, you don't have to worry about the roots being suffocated in hot weather. If the potting soil is too wet, root rot comes easily. So, control your watering: water only once the leaves start to feel a little soft, and ventilate immediately after watering.

Fertilizing

Do not fertilize your jade plant in summer! Do not fertilize your jade plant in summer! Do not fertilize your jade plant in summer! Important things are said three times. A jade plant in its dormant period basically doesn't grow, and no matter how much fertilizer you give it, it can't absorb it. Fertilizing in the middle of summer will very likely kill your jade plant, and then you'll have plenty of regrets! If you want to fertilize, wait until autumn when it's cool and put in some effort. Everything that didn't grow in summer can all grow back!

Protection from rain

In summer, a potted jade plant grown outdoors is best kept from the rain, and if you grow yours at home, don't casually take it out in the rain either. It very easily drops leaves and rots roots. That's because rain soaks the soil thoroughly, and the water content in the soil becomes very high. And since summer temperatures are high, the temperature rises immediately after a heavy rain, turning the pot into a steamer. The jade plant's fine roots get steamed and damaged, and leaf drop follows right after.

Let's sum it up.To care for a jade plant in summer, you need to achieve four less and one more: less sun, less water, less fertilizer, less rain, and more ventilation!Do these four less and one more, and your jade plant will have no problem at all getting through summer! Most jade plants that die in summer die from too much watering, so you must control your hands. The jade plant is a succulent and is very drought tolerant. I've seen jade plants that went twenty days without water in summer and still grew perfectly well. It really isn't that easy to dry one to death!