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tapla wrote:
It's not related to under-watering, under-fertilizing, or lack of pruning. Since the foliage exhibits obvious evidence of oedema, you're over-watering and are probably using an inappropriate medium. Like potatoes and blueberries, jades like water and fertilizer but don't like wet feet, so a soil that holds no (or very little) perched water goes a long way toward eliminating problems related to excess water retention and fertilizer issues inherent in water-retentive soils.

Al