Yellowing and losing leaves
I don’t actually know what to call the parts of the succulent so I’m gonna call them leaves first the sake of getting an answer. I recently repotted my succulents, and mist of them are doing fine but this one seems to be declining and I don’t know why. I don’t water like crazy and I keep it under a grow light so the heat of the sun definitely isn’t the problem. The leaves have been turning yellow and falling off very easily, I’m worried that soon my succulent is just gonna be a set of sticks.
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1ft to light, indirect
4” pot with drainage
Last watered 11 months ago
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Those are leaves, so you can call them that.
Yellowing, squishy leaves that fall off easily is the exact sign of overwatering. Sometimes people have a misconception about overwatering and that it is only about how much water you give it, but overwatering can mean too frequent water, incorrect soil that is holding too much moisture for too long (and not draining enough), and/or also not enough air flow for drying.
That soil looks too organic in my opinion. I’m not seeing any/much perlite, rocks, or other gritty materials in it… which means it could be retaining moisture in the center and overwatering the plant. What kinda soil is it? How often are you watering it?
Yellowing, squishy leaves that fall off easily is the exact sign of overwatering. Sometimes people have a misconception about overwatering and that it is only about how much water you give it, but overwatering can mean too frequent water, incorrect soil that is holding too much moisture for too long (and not draining enough), and/or also not enough air flow for drying.
That soil looks too organic in my opinion. I’m not seeing any/much perlite, rocks, or other gritty materials in it… which means it could be retaining moisture in the center and overwatering the plant. What kinda soil is it? How often are you watering it?
@itsjordan I repotted it into a cactus/succulent soil and I water once a month at minimum, but usually I just leave them for a really long time and water once I remember them
@Succulentlover1 Huh, okay! That is interesting. If not a watering issue, the lighting can be what’s doing it.
Do those bad leaves shrivel up as they turn bad? I had one jellybeans plant that was under a grow light and in a super gritty material but was having yellowing leaves that were falling off, they were shriveling a bit but not as much as a thirsty plant would do… and I was so confused, but when I placed it in a window that was moreso shaded during the day instead of under my light (the light is close to them for 13hrs a day so veryyyyy consistent instead of a little sun, a little shade here and there), it stopped dropping the leaves. Perhaps yours is having that same issue, that the grow light is too much? Have you tried moving it either a little further from the growlight or moving it to somewhere with natural sun and shade periods?
Do those bad leaves shrivel up as they turn bad? I had one jellybeans plant that was under a grow light and in a super gritty material but was having yellowing leaves that were falling off, they were shriveling a bit but not as much as a thirsty plant would do… and I was so confused, but when I placed it in a window that was moreso shaded during the day instead of under my light (the light is close to them for 13hrs a day so veryyyyy consistent instead of a little sun, a little shade here and there), it stopped dropping the leaves. Perhaps yours is having that same issue, that the grow light is too much? Have you tried moving it either a little further from the growlight or moving it to somewhere with natural sun and shade periods?
@itsjordan that might be it, it does sit under the grow light for long periods of time due to me being out for most of the day. I’ll try moving it so it’s not as close to the light and see what happens, thank you
@Succulentlover1 No problem!
If you run into issues, always try to slightly adjust one of the care variables. If not water, then light, if not those then air flow, etc… And make sure you do it carefully/slowly of course!
Some succulents are truly just strange too… If you got it from a store, it is probably used to lower light levels, and that’s why it’s freaking out. I have an elephant bush that is SUPPOSED to be a “full sun” plant, but it gets burned in the SHADE lol, so I have to keep it in such a horrible light to make it happy… I tried acclimating it to my growlights for 8 months with no hope, only burnt leaf after burnt leaf. I have two jelly beans that are the exact same type, one is the one I described and the other can’t get ENOUGH of my grow light, it wants all the light! 🙄🙄🙄
If you run into issues, always try to slightly adjust one of the care variables. If not water, then light, if not those then air flow, etc… And make sure you do it carefully/slowly of course!
Some succulents are truly just strange too… If you got it from a store, it is probably used to lower light levels, and that’s why it’s freaking out. I have an elephant bush that is SUPPOSED to be a “full sun” plant, but it gets burned in the SHADE lol, so I have to keep it in such a horrible light to make it happy… I tried acclimating it to my growlights for 8 months with no hope, only burnt leaf after burnt leaf. I have two jelly beans that are the exact same type, one is the one I described and the other can’t get ENOUGH of my grow light, it wants all the light! 🙄🙄🙄
@Succulentlover1, @itsjordan gave some great advice. My golden sedums were doing that recently. Wasn't over watering, soil is gritty/chunky and aerated. I figured my grow lights were giving it too much light so I moved them a shelf lower away a little bit and they are doing much better. Despite being sun lovers, some succulents and cacti just need less than others. Hope they bounce back.