Do these succulents look okay? I’m not familiar with this...
Do these succulents look okay? I’m not familiar with this specific succulent species.
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Front two are something from the echiveria genus, they’re all pretty similar in care as far as I’m aware. They both look pretty healthy but might need a little more sun, it’s hard to tell.
Health cues to look for:
Wrinkly leaves, sign of dehydration
Stretched leaves, needs more sun
Yellow/translucent/mushy leaves, sign of overwatering
Health cues to look for:
Wrinkly leaves, sign of dehydration
Stretched leaves, needs more sun
Yellow/translucent/mushy leaves, sign of overwatering
@CarefreeRedpine thank you for the info. They get quite a bit of sun as they are on my window full time and they are in a bright room.
I would plant the big echeveria in its own terra cotta pot. Often when echeverias start to grow against other plants they start dropping leaves because they don’t have enough space. If you don’t have terra cotta then it’s okay to use any other type of pot so long as it has a drainage hole it will be fine. Also only water these about every couple of weeks indoors or once a month during the winter. Water infrequently but with lots of water when you do until water comes out of the drainage hole. I would personally add a little more perlite/sand/gravel to the mix because if that came with the plant, nursery soil is not the best but will be okay temporarily until you can change the soil. The jade can survive in it but echeverias can be finicky little divas.
@ZenfrogZero thank you lol. I got them from tractor supply since it was on sale. Do you think they use regular nursery soil. I will probably move them all to their own pots at some point. How big of a pot do you think the big one will need?
@Succulent_Soul It looks like typical nursery soil to me with a little bit of perlite mixed in but not enough. I’ve bought one of these assortments before from a Trader Joes and the succulents lasted 2-3 weeks in the pot before they started to outgrow it. That larger echeveria needs a pot that is atleast deep enough to hold its shallow roots and around an inch wider than the rosette to allow it to have space to grow. Also, if you have any small river rocks or pea gravel or anything like that (except play sand) you can still use a mixture of half of the original soil with these inorganic materials to help with aeration to the roots. But if the new pot is already porous like terra cotta then you can use more organic regular soil mix and less inorganic materials.
@Succulent_Soul Yep! Pretty much any rocks are fine. These plants naturally grow in the desert and semi-arid areas so just try your best to replicate their habitat! 💚🌵
@ZenfrogZero ok thank you so much for the advice. I was taking a look at one of them and it seems to have some smaller one next to it, so I definitely should repot it soon.
@Succulent_Soul I’m assuming they’re new, so maybe they’re just catching up from not having enough sun wherever you bought them (or they’re fine and just looked stretched to me when I wrote that, it was pretty late at night for me)