Is it even alive?
I bought this plant 2 months ago and after an overwatering fiasco, i quickly repotted it in a terracotta pot with well draining soil. After the overwatering fiasco, the stem has been brown (circled in blue in picture) but the leaves have remained green for a few months and only recently have started losing their color. The plant has released arial roots, and I kept watering it despite not even knowing if it's alive. So... is it even alive/can it be saved? Or is this plant totally a lost cause? #Sedum #help
0ft to light, indirect
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 3 months ago
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Best Answer
As long as there are any leaves that aren't affected, it can be saved! Cut off the crown, then carefully peel off the affected leaves. The ones you need to get rid of will be soft and mushy where they attach to the stem. It's super important to remove all the rot from the stem: the bottom incision should look fresh and green. It might be a good idea to remove a couple of healthy leaves as well to have a stalk which will keep the plant stable and elevated above the ground, but if there's too little healthy leaves left, skip this part. If the aerial roots are still in place, keep them.
Dip the incision in cinnamon (it will help to prevent external infection and let it sit for a day or two without soil to let it dry up (this will help to avoid infection as well). The nods where leaves were/are will produce roots. Pick a pot as tiny as you can find since it will take a really long time for the roots to grow and you don't want to risk them rotting again! The most convenient option would be a very small transparent plastic glass in which you can make drainage holes (this way you can see the roots and if the soil is dry enough for watering), but size and decent drainage holes are the most important factors. Use a mix of cactus/succulent soil with perlite (2:1), remove the biggest chunks from the soil.
During the first week, you can spray the soil a bit (!) daily so the plant starts sending roots towards moisture, but the water stays only in the surface layer of soil and dries up quickly. I recommend getting rooting hormone as well.
Be patient, it will grow slowly and might not look healthy for a while. Good luck and feel free to ask questions!
Dip the incision in cinnamon (it will help to prevent external infection and let it sit for a day or two without soil to let it dry up (this will help to avoid infection as well). The nods where leaves were/are will produce roots. Pick a pot as tiny as you can find since it will take a really long time for the roots to grow and you don't want to risk them rotting again! The most convenient option would be a very small transparent plastic glass in which you can make drainage holes (this way you can see the roots and if the soil is dry enough for watering), but size and decent drainage holes are the most important factors. Use a mix of cactus/succulent soil with perlite (2:1), remove the biggest chunks from the soil.
During the first week, you can spray the soil a bit (!) daily so the plant starts sending roots towards moisture, but the water stays only in the surface layer of soil and dries up quickly. I recommend getting rooting hormone as well.
Be patient, it will grow slowly and might not look healthy for a while. Good luck and feel free to ask questions!
It may be able to be saved, I don’t know. I would reccomend giving it a smaller pot. There is too much soil for that plant, and it will hold a lot of water for a smaller plant. That pot is okay for a bigger type of sedum, but not this one. I would reccomend an unglazed terracotta pot with drainage that leaves about an inch of soil around the stem. So instead of 5 inches, I would go 2 or 3 inches.
