To get this Jade to fill out and be more tree-like, you’ll first clip off all branches that hang down past the edge of the pot. After that, pinch the tips of all the new growth up on top back by at least two leaves and sometimes a bit more if that growth is lean and thin. This will cause the plant to double the growth everywhere you pinch, which will create a fuller plant on top. Those things are step one.
Let the plant grow for a year after that pruning before doing more – if you do too much all at once the plant will respond by lots of leaner, weaker growth which isn’t what you want. So doing it in two year stages will be good. Don’t fertilize much. If you have a place to put this plant outside for “summer camp” that would thicken the growth – move it out to a location with just a couple of hours of morning sun for the first month, then move it to a location with about four or five hours of sun after that. Bring the plant indoors again before frost. If you can’t put it outside, place it where it will get the strongest sun possible.
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