Caring for your Jade Plant

Our jade plant was looking good in the fall and then suddenly wasn't doing so well lately. I kept watering it thinking perhaps it's dehydrated, but then it began to develop white "stuff" on it and the soil. I read up on it a little more and found that I wasn't supposed to keep watering it in the winter.

During the winter:

• Water once a month.
• Clean white stuff off using a cotton swab soaked in alcohol.
• Pinch off new growth to promote growth elsewhere.
• Low humidity.
• 75 degrees F during the day, 55 degrees F during the night.
• Put it somewhere that's naturally light in the day and dark at night in order for it to flower during the winter.