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Posted 3w ago by @TrueAchiote14

I bought Orson online and the poor thing came stretched a...

I bought Orson online and the poor thing came stretched all the way to one side. I’m thinking light on the other side for a while. What do you think?
Orson
Orson
Pearl Echeveria
3” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 day ago
@PizzazledPothos
Clara
1023 XP
3w ago
@PizzazledPothos
light would definitely straighten him out- go for it!
@pricklydude
pricklydude
810 XP
3w ago
@pricklydude
i wouldn’t put light on one side, as that would just shift the leaning to the opposite side, and it’s just not healthy if it’s only receiving light from one side. instead, give it light from directly above, and it will straighten it out, instead of just moving the problem to the other side
@stephongreg
Steph
40739 XP
3w ago
@stephongreg
Ideally you want to provide light from overhead, but that's not exactly feasible unless a plant is either outdoors or under grow lights. If it sits in a window, just rotate it a quarter or half turn every week or two and it should even out.
@stephongreg
Steph
40739 XP
3w ago
@stephongreg
@pricklydude lighting from above isn't always doable if your plant sits in a window. The workaround is to rotate it every week or two so all sides get even light ☺️
@pricklydude
pricklydude
810 XP
1w ago
@pricklydude
@stephongreg right, but if you got a grow light and put the grow light above it, then you wouldn’t have to give it a turn every so often because the light would already be evenly spread out, because it’s not coming from one direction.