Sedum shenanigans?
I've had this sedum firestorm for several months now and it's grown quite a bit since I got it. When I moved it to this terracotta pot, I found a tiny baby that was buried below the soil line and I moved him to his own pot to work on growing roots and so that I could slowly work on acclimating him to the sun (poor wee plant was almost white when I potted him up). Now my baby sedum is growing well and loving light like my main one, and the main one has offsets everywhere on the main plant and I am not sure what to do with them. Can I safely transplant the wee one into the same pot as the bigger ones now or do I need to wait for him to get even bigger and grow more roots? Do I leave all the offsets on the big plant or take some of them off? #sedum #succulentlove #succulentsquad #happyplants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantaddict #texasgreggang
8” pot with drainage
Last watered 8 months ago
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@RelentlessZebra Hey there, congrats on your sedum shenanigans! It's awesome that your firestorm is thriving and you've got a baby sedum on the rise too! When it comes to transplanting, wait until the little one has a solid root system and has grown a bit more. You want it to be strong and ready for its new home with the big ones.
As for the offsets, you can totally propagate those babies! Gently remove some of them from the main plant and give them their own pots. This way, you'll have a whole sedum gang going on. Just remember to let the offsets callous for a day or two before potting them up.
Keep giving them plenty of light, and your sedum squad will be rockin' it! 🌿😎
As for the offsets, you can totally propagate those babies! Gently remove some of them from the main plant and give them their own pots. This way, you'll have a whole sedum gang going on. Just remember to let the offsets callous for a day or two before potting them up.
Keep giving them plenty of light, and your sedum squad will be rockin' it! 🌿😎
@JungleDreamer thanks! I can't wait until fall and winter because the sun will shine even more directly into my southern windows where I keep my succulents and I know the stress coloration on the firestorm is going to be so gorgeous 😍
@RelentlessZebra stress coloration? Had not heard that stressing a plant to achieve color would be a good thing. Hmmm….
@Fauldini succulents will change colors when exposed to higher levels of light (usually direct sun). It's called sun stress, but it's not like sunburn in tropicals or other leafy plants, and doesn't harm them. You just have to make sure your watering habits keep up with the light levels they're getting. I've attached pictures of several of my succs with varying levels of sun stress. All of them would be different shades of solid green without the stress, but with it, they change color partially or or entirely.
