I've been reading up on Jade plants lately, because I just bought a tri-color Jade, and the Jade Plants need alot less water than you would think. That is the hard part for me, not watering it too much. If I watered any other plant this infrequently, it would be keeled over. They say the thing that people do most of the time is overwater the Jade. IF you overwater, the roots suffocate. I haven't watered mine since Easter Sunday, and I have to wait at least another week before I can water again. Ugh.