What do I do? Can I do anything?
I made a post before where I accidentally like heat shocked my new succulent in a tiny greenhouse in the sun. I have 2 pics attached for the wrinkly aftermath of that. It’s been a few days now sitting in its windowsill and most of the wrinkles are gone again except for a couple leaves. But now I see new problems. One or two leaves (one very visible) have started shriveling up and turning yellow at the bottom. But also one of the top leaves that was super healthy looking before (I don’t even think it really wrinkled with the rest) has this rough feeling blackish brown patch? And a tiny tiny new leaf in the center has just shriveled to a dry black nub. I’m just not sure what to do. I feel like I’m going to lose it and it’s just slowly dying in front of me. #SucculentSquad #help
3” pot with drainage
Last watered 5 months ago
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Your poor moon Silver just survived the succulent version of being locked in a car with the windows up in July. That heat shock wrinkled it up like a linen shirt on laundry day, and now the yellowing/brown spots are basically its trauma tattoos….. Here’s the game plan…move it to bright but indirect light somewhere it can sunbathe with a cold drink, not roast like a rotisserie chicken. Hold off on watering until the soil is bone dry (succulents are drama queens about wet feet), then give it one good deep drink. Those few leaves that shriveled or got patches? They’re not bouncing back they’re like that one coworker who took a long lunch and never returned. Gently pluck them so the plant can put all its energy into fresh, new center growth @Jasper Ghost Plants are tougher than they look give it a few weeks and it’ll be back, acting like nothing ever happened… kind of like me after a bad haircut.😜
@JungleDreamer okay I’ll try that and some patience :’) do you think repotting it to a larger pot now would be a bad idea idea? Or help it recover? I do feel like the current one it came in is a bit small but I’m scared repotting now would stack with the heat trauma 😭
@Jasper I’d hold off repotting for now it’s like asking someone to run a marathon right after they’ve had heatstroke. Let her recover in her current spa room, keep the soil on the dry side, and once she’s throwing out fresh new leaves, then you can move her into a bigger penthouse. That way you’re not stacking moving stress on top of heat drama.