I feel like Sandy need’s repotting and fertilizer her pot...
2” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 week ago
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👋 @WarmBrushbox97 Sandy is very cute 😊. Do you have her in the plastic cup for support? I see in Sandy’s ℹ️ that she’s in a north window. It looks like she’s not getting enough light. She’s become etiolated, meaning she’s growing a long stem with fewer leaves and reaching for the light. Here’s a pic showing the difference- the plant on the left side isn’t getting enough light while the right side one is.
You can’t make her go back to original shape. But you can’t fix this! 🙌. Here’s what Google suggests:
Here is exactly how to fix and restart an etiolated succulent: 1:Give it light immediately Move it: Place the plant in a bright south- or west-facing window. Transition slowly: Introduce it to direct sun over a week to prevent sunburn.
2. Cut and propagate (The "Beheading" Method)Cut: Slice off the compact rosette at the top, leaving an inch of stem.Callus: Let the cutting sit out in a dry area for 3 to 5 days until the wound dries.Replant: Push the callused stem into a pot with succulent soil.Water: Do not water for the first two weeks until new roots form.3. Save the remaining stemKeep the base: Leave the rooted, bare stem in its pot and keep giving it light.Regrowth: New, compact baby succulents will sprout along the old stem in a few weeks.
You can’t make her go back to original shape. But you can’t fix this! 🙌. Here’s what Google suggests:
Here is exactly how to fix and restart an etiolated succulent: 1:Give it light immediately Move it: Place the plant in a bright south- or west-facing window. Transition slowly: Introduce it to direct sun over a week to prevent sunburn.
2. Cut and propagate (The "Beheading" Method)Cut: Slice off the compact rosette at the top, leaving an inch of stem.Callus: Let the cutting sit out in a dry area for 3 to 5 days until the wound dries.Replant: Push the callused stem into a pot with succulent soil.Water: Do not water for the first two weeks until new roots form.3. Save the remaining stemKeep the base: Leave the rooted, bare stem in its pot and keep giving it light.Regrowth: New, compact baby succulents will sprout along the old stem in a few weeks.
Definitely repot it in a pot with drainage holes that is atleast an inch larger than the rosette. After you do this you can either chop the top off after leaving it alone for a week as repotting can be stressful or you can take off a few of the bottom leaves and plant it deeper while keeping the top rosette exposed. Just remember to use succulent soil with a mix of perlite/gravel/sand. And if you do chop it don’t water immediately. Wait three days for the cut to callus and then place in soil then spray top soil with water every couple of days until you see aerial roots.
i wouldnt recommend fertilizing! soil comes pre-fertilized so repotting with new soil will give the plant plenty of nutrients :) fertilizer is only ever really necessary for succulents if 1) the plant is struggling to recover from some sort of infection/infestation (example: a couple years ago some of my succulents were having a really hard time bc of powdery mildew and they kept getting reinfected, once i started lightly fertilizing them they became much more robust and the mildew stopped affecting them), 2) the plant's been in the same soil for over a year (at that point the nutrients will have been used up. succulents don't have high nutritional needs so they use stuff up very slowly), or 3) your potting mix doesnt contain actual soil. excess nitrogen in particular will worsen etiolation and weaken the plant, so most of the time its safer to not fertilize :)
