
Jade leaves never fully plumped since June repot — still underwatering, or something else?
Big old jade, around 50 inches, indoors under a 100W SANSI. 12” terracotta, pumice-heavy mix. Repotted June.
Since then the leaves have never fully filled out. Some look fine, others stay wrinkled. never all plump at the same time.
I switched to bottom watering after realizing top water was just running straight through the coarse mix. She takes about half a gallon now. But I don’t want to push further and rot her.
Also seeing aerial roots on the stems, and a few new buds coming in.
Is this just slow root recovery two months out, or am I still not getting enough water in? And do the aerial roots mean anything here?