Any tips for my ghost plants?
🪴 Specifically the one in the second picture, but any tips for these guys? My problem is that the bottom leaves won’t grow in and the lowest leaves the are there like to yellow, shrivel up, and hold on for a while until they finally fall off. It doesn’t have to do with overwatering… so what now?
💐Anyway, the others are thriving and doing great. Ophelia is fully recovered from her rot and now just needs to grow back some flowers! (She has none right now).
💐Anyway, the others are thriving and doing great. Ophelia is fully recovered from her rot and now just needs to grow back some flowers! (She has none right now).
1ft to light, indirect
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 16 hours ago
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@maci.in.bloom such a cute arrangement of succulents 🥰. Looks like you’ve got a nice terracotta pot, succulent soil, good distance to light👍. The only thing I’d say is NE window may not be ideal, but if I remember correctly you’ve posted before that this is your only option? Northeast can work as long as it’s all day bright! I have a haworthia thriving in a north window but it gets unobstructed blue sky view from sun up to sunset 🌅! Or consider adding a grow light.
Am I missing something? Which one is Ophelia? 🤔
Anywho, one issue I'm seeing looking at your photos is that a few of them are laying on their sides in the soil. When you water, the leaves sitting directly on the soil are at risk of rotting. See if you can prop them back up so their leaves aren't touching the soil. It's normal for the lowest leaves, which are the oldest, to occasionally shrivel up and die off. It's a normal part of their growth cycle, and they don't typically grow back in on the bare part of the stem. These are also very slow growing plants, so you may not see any new growth for a while.
I'm also not sure these are actually ghost plants (Graptopetalum). Not the gollum jade, but the ones at the front and sides. They look more like Graptoveria to me, and one of them looks like an Echeveria. I've circled in red the ones I think are Graptoveria, and in yellow is the one I think is an Echeveria. Graptopetalum leaves aren't this fleshy, and they have a more angular point at the tips. If you're going off the ID from the app, I'm not surprised it said they were ghost plants. The app thinks almost every rosette-type succulent with ferina on their leaves is a ghost plant 😛
Anywho, one issue I'm seeing looking at your photos is that a few of them are laying on their sides in the soil. When you water, the leaves sitting directly on the soil are at risk of rotting. See if you can prop them back up so their leaves aren't touching the soil. It's normal for the lowest leaves, which are the oldest, to occasionally shrivel up and die off. It's a normal part of their growth cycle, and they don't typically grow back in on the bare part of the stem. These are also very slow growing plants, so you may not see any new growth for a while.
I'm also not sure these are actually ghost plants (Graptopetalum). Not the gollum jade, but the ones at the front and sides. They look more like Graptoveria to me, and one of them looks like an Echeveria. I've circled in red the ones I think are Graptoveria, and in yellow is the one I think is an Echeveria. Graptopetalum leaves aren't this fleshy, and they have a more angular point at the tips. If you're going off the ID from the app, I'm not surprised it said they were ghost plants. The app thinks almost every rosette-type succulent with ferina on their leaves is a ghost plant 😛
@stephongreg I agree with you about the echeveria, and thank you for sharing your knowledge about the golden sedums and ghost plants that and somewhat on their sides.