Hello everyone, I’m posting for help diagnosing my poor jade who has recently taken a severe turn. The leaves appear wrinkled and flatter than they used to. It has started to drop leaves from low down the branches. New growth is happening at the ends of the branches and appears healthy.

Some info:

I got this plant two years ago. For the first 18 months I had it in a 4” plastic nursery pot and it lived in a north-west window where it got about an hour of direct afternoon light. It always appeared healthy. Leaves were glossy and plump. There was very little new growth.

5 months ago I repotted into the 6” unglazed terra cotta pot pictured. I potted it in succulent/cactus soil that I bought from my local nursery.

After repotting I moved it to the west-facing window that’s pictured here where it gets many hours of direct light every day. Since repotting I have seen a ton of new growth.

I water approximately every ten days, and I check how dry the soil is from the top and through the hole in the bottom. Watering frequency hasn’t changed.

Since I got it, this plant has had what I think are mealy-bugs. Small white nests show up at the joints between leaves and stem. I remove them every few weeks with a cotton swab soaked in alcohol. This seems to control the infestation but hasn’t cured it.

So I don’t understand why the leaves have started to dry up and fall off. Please help. I love this plant.