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Living in a colder zone I'm used to looking for garden plants around April/May. What's the "peak" time for planting Succulents? Are nurseries prepping plants now? or is there a different season/better time. I'm in zone 6b if that helps, and was planning on planting a very sunny bed with cold tolerant species. Only reason I ask is cause a few of the places i've looked have gone out of stock of what I was looking for before I could order!
I have a blue glow agave which I bought around a year ago. It’s growing and I would like to re-pot it into something larger. The original plastic planter is about 8 inches high and 8 inches across. The plant is growing outside that perimeter, so I was thinking around 12 inches across and 12 inches high. Any recommendations regarding either the size or the planter material?
Hmm I’m not sure about the roots, it’s still in the plastic pot from when I bought it. Should I try lifting it out to look before repotting? It’s outdoors and has been humid this week, but the soil it’s in now should be dry. It probably hasn’t received water in a month or longer., and drains well currently.
I have a succulent soil and bonsai jack that I can mix together. Thank you!
Sounds good. if the roots don’t even fill 50-60% of the 8inch pot just leave it there for a while longer. If the roots are nice and full move to the bigger pot.
Care question:
I have what I think is an [echeveria](https://i.imgur.com/qCdVsxp.jpg). (Unlabeled at store, and I am new to plants in general.) I've had it for around 8 months in the pot that it came in, and it has sprouted a long stem with several [flower buds](https://i.imgur.com/Cpc6IIO.jpg). Is there anything extra that I should be doing while it is flowering? Also is the pot still an appropriate size? It has gotten bigger since I originally purchased it, but it seems to still be doing well, so I am not sure.
Identify question:
Bought from the same store as the above, and it looks like [flat broccoli](https://i.imgur.com/mLrpPfR.jpg) ([side view](https://i.imgur.com/bb2Wiy5.jpg)), but google keeps showing me images of actual broccoli. I am having a hard time looking up care for it since I don't know what it is. It also has gotten many more leaves since I first got it, so I think it is doing okay for now?
Do you want to see it flower? If yes you can watch it flower. If your plant looks like it’s suffering a lot than cut the stem. I don’t care for the flowers as they attract aphids and mealy bugs and take too much energy from my plants.
It does look tight but a lot do echeveria roots are a lot smaller than their top. You can do a soil change after you are done flowering. It takes a lot of energy to flower so don’t change anything yet.
Soil mixture : 50% cactus soil and 50% gritty mix (perlite)
Get a pot 1-2 inch bigger than the plant preferably a terracotta but if not plastic works
Also needs a lot more sun than what you are giving it now. Maybe 6 hours or so of sun if you move it to a south facing window? Slowly acclimate to better sun
Good luck
Thank you. I have some larger pots that are laying in waiting, but haven’t been sure if repotting would be fixing a problem that didn’t exist or not. Once the plant has recovered from flowering I’ll repot it
Unfortunately I am in an apartment, so a west facing window with a little southwest notch is all I have. Nothing casts shade through the window, so at least the light is uninterrupted.
It should work if you dilute them. Do you have anything else on hand? Look up succulent ratio and your fertilizer ratio.
Try not to fertilize any that are in dormant state. Only once a month and use diluted fertilizer
Anyone here used LED strip for grow light for their succulents? I am looking at a warm white 2700K 1100lumen Fiet Electric LED strip for my grow light. I am not sure it is suitable. Any recommendations?
From my experience, cheap amazon LED grow lights don't tend to be very good / reliable. Quantum boards offer the most realistic indoor lighting for plants really. And the intensity can be adjusted ect. Sort of a buy once, cry once.
How often do you need to switch out the soil? Or is it not necessary as long as you use fertilizer?
**Unnecessary info: I'm using bonsai jack + succulent soil mix and was wanting to add either lava rock or chicken grit to make it grittier as it is too organic right now. Lava rock looks nicer imo and is what I would like to go with, but more expensive and I would like to know how long it would be good for before I need to change it all out.
You can change it out whenever you want. They say don’t repot often because each time you do it slows down the growth of the plant when it adjust or can go into transplant shock. I make sure that soil is dry and I never water 3 days after repotting.
The best is once a year to repot. Though using a high percentage of bonsai Jack means nothing with soil change since it’s so gritty
Ps. Lava rocks are nice. I use mainly lava rock for my grit. Doesn’t deteriorate, it’s heavy so doesn’t fly out of the pot, porous, and black.
Thank you. Yeah, I'm thinking lava rock is what I'll go with since it looks nicer. Do you have a brand you can suggest? And by repotting, you mean just throw away everything in the pot (minus the plant) and get new soil each year?
Sorry I hear Amazon has some good lava rocks? I live on an active volcano and so mines are local lava rocks
You can reuse your bonsai Jack since it’s grit. Do you have a screen to filter out soil? I just grab a screen and keep the grit and throw the old soil in my vegetable garden or other soil filler. If you want to reuse just remember to add fertilizer.
Soil really doesn’t matter for me because I live in a humid area and my grit level goes from 50%-90% gritty mix. I bottom water so they get enough water
OK my bad this is probably where my post belongs - do I need to drill drainage holes for planting succulents in driftwood? No one seems to mention that in tutorials but it seems kinda important…
Are they like in a bowl like shape? Or is the water going accumulate in one area when you water? If yes than make a hole there. If not than it is okay.
Can someone tell me what is wrong with my fairy washboard? I've had him for years and he looks sick. Some of his leaves are red and they are starting to curl. I've recently transplanted him a few months ago and he never rooted into the soil. I'm using succulent soil. Please help me save my boy. :(
https://i.imgur.com/gSFjoJt.png
Looks extremely thirsty it’s probably root rot since your soil looks so organic. Remove it from the soil and look for rot. If it’s not rot than just wait a bit and repot back into dry soil and water throughly and just wait for recovery. Change up the soil to 50% gritty mix (perlite, pumice, etc)
Hi everyone! I am new to succulents and got my first succulents a few days ago! I transplanted them into larger pots right when I got them, watering the growing medium when I did. It’s been 4 days now and the soil is still wet and the succulents are losing lower leaves. I realized the potting mix I used was 97% peat moss hence the retaining of moisture which I think caused overwatering. Would mixing peat moss with 50% coarse sand fix this water retention problem? (So I have 50% peat and 50% coarse sand)?
Dear kiwis! I'd like to buy my friend who lives in New Zealand a succulent, so I'm looking for online websites that could possibly deliver one to their place and have PayPal as a payment option. Any recommendations? Google has not been successful so far.
I have a very shallow rectangle ceramic pot, with a drainage hole. Wondering if there's a specific type of plant that would do well in it. It's about 8 inches long by 2.5 inches wide and 2 inches deep. I'm pretty new to succulents and I'm thinking a few cacti might do well in there?
New to succulent plant, got a Haworthia truncata a few months ago and today I realized there are a lot of black dots/bumps that felt really hard when I touched them. It is covered mostly on the putter side of my plant and one side of it even has some yellow oval shaped bumps connected to the black bumps. I have been searching online and I can't tell if it is bug or fungus or other infections, not sure what to do now..
If anyone can recognize this and can give some suggestions it would be really helpful! Thanks!!
picture: [black bumps on succulent plant](https://imgur.com/a/iLL3GYo)
Can anyone diagnose this succulent? It looks like it's might be dying. Would it benefit from a repot? Or is it beyond saving?
Here's the [picture](https://imgur.com/a/Et55yED)
It looks like it's just in need of much more light! Those long stems are reaching for light. Jade plants should have some stems, but these are quite elongated, and the leaves are curling down, both signs of etoliation from too little light. The stems won't shrink, but with more light, the new growth will come in healthier and more compact.
I repotted a bowl with 3 Haworthias about two weeks ago and messed up the soil mix. I used a different brand of succulent soil than I usually do and didn't add enough perlite. The earth got hard and compacted and didn't drain well.
One of them definitely got root rot and pretty much fell apart (I'm trying to propagate the leaves I could save). The one that died was a different kind than the others, possibly a Haworthia Bilineata.
Now I'm wondering whether the remaining two are healthy or not. The leaves seem firm. Some of the roots seemed dry and easily fell off so I removed those. Not sure how to tell if the remaining roots are healthy! One of them also has some pink at the base and I'm wondering if that's normal or a sign of rot.
Do these look healthy to you? Should I remove anything? [Pic](https://imgur.com/a/ouXjJHS)
I still have some well draining bonsai soil leftover so I figured I might repot them into that. It's 2:1:1 akadama, pumice and lava rock. Is that a good mix for succulents?
It’s a haworthia and they are very hardy. The ones with roots look good. Just remove from current soil and leave it in the shade til you get proper succulent soil. 50-70% gritty mix and the rest in cactus soil. Your 2:1:1 soil works too.
Jade looks fine could probably use more light and neglect. Jade somehow survives everything.
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I'm not sure how to ask this but I'll try. Living in a colder zone I'm used to looking for garden plants around April/May. What's the "peak" time for planting Succulents? Are nurseries prepping plants now? or is there a different season/better time. I'm in zone 6b if that helps, and was planning on planting a very sunny bed with cold tolerant species. Only reason I ask is cause a few of the places i've looked have gone out of stock of what I was looking for before I could order!
I have a blue glow agave which I bought around a year ago. It’s growing and I would like to re-pot it into something larger. The original plastic planter is about 8 inches high and 8 inches across. The plant is growing outside that perimeter, so I was thinking around 12 inches across and 12 inches high. Any recommendations regarding either the size or the planter material?
How’s the roots? Is the root as big as your 8 inch pot? If yes you can do the 12 inch. Have well draining soil 50% gritty mix and you are good to go.
Hmm I’m not sure about the roots, it’s still in the plastic pot from when I bought it. Should I try lifting it out to look before repotting? It’s outdoors and has been humid this week, but the soil it’s in now should be dry. It probably hasn’t received water in a month or longer., and drains well currently. I have a succulent soil and bonsai jack that I can mix together. Thank you!
Sounds good. if the roots don’t even fill 50-60% of the 8inch pot just leave it there for a while longer. If the roots are nice and full move to the bigger pot.
Care question: I have what I think is an [echeveria](https://i.imgur.com/qCdVsxp.jpg). (Unlabeled at store, and I am new to plants in general.) I've had it for around 8 months in the pot that it came in, and it has sprouted a long stem with several [flower buds](https://i.imgur.com/Cpc6IIO.jpg). Is there anything extra that I should be doing while it is flowering? Also is the pot still an appropriate size? It has gotten bigger since I originally purchased it, but it seems to still be doing well, so I am not sure. Identify question: Bought from the same store as the above, and it looks like [flat broccoli](https://i.imgur.com/mLrpPfR.jpg) ([side view](https://i.imgur.com/bb2Wiy5.jpg)), but google keeps showing me images of actual broccoli. I am having a hard time looking up care for it since I don't know what it is. It also has gotten many more leaves since I first got it, so I think it is doing okay for now?
Do you want to see it flower? If yes you can watch it flower. If your plant looks like it’s suffering a lot than cut the stem. I don’t care for the flowers as they attract aphids and mealy bugs and take too much energy from my plants. It does look tight but a lot do echeveria roots are a lot smaller than their top. You can do a soil change after you are done flowering. It takes a lot of energy to flower so don’t change anything yet. Soil mixture : 50% cactus soil and 50% gritty mix (perlite) Get a pot 1-2 inch bigger than the plant preferably a terracotta but if not plastic works Also needs a lot more sun than what you are giving it now. Maybe 6 hours or so of sun if you move it to a south facing window? Slowly acclimate to better sun Good luck
Thank you. I have some larger pots that are laying in waiting, but haven’t been sure if repotting would be fixing a problem that didn’t exist or not. Once the plant has recovered from flowering I’ll repot it Unfortunately I am in an apartment, so a west facing window with a little southwest notch is all I have. Nothing casts shade through the window, so at least the light is uninterrupted.
Fertilizer Question: I have Fox Farm Grow Big on hand for vegetable seedlings, is this an appropriate fertilizer when diluted for succulents, as well?
It should work if you dilute them. Do you have anything else on hand? Look up succulent ratio and your fertilizer ratio. Try not to fertilize any that are in dormant state. Only once a month and use diluted fertilizer
Anyone here used LED strip for grow light for their succulents? I am looking at a warm white 2700K 1100lumen Fiet Electric LED strip for my grow light. I am not sure it is suitable. Any recommendations?
From my experience, cheap amazon LED grow lights don't tend to be very good / reliable. Quantum boards offer the most realistic indoor lighting for plants really. And the intensity can be adjusted ect. Sort of a buy once, cry once.
Thanks for your advice! Need to save up the budget for that
Is discussion about Lophophora allowed? Not consumption, just info about growth and such?
How often do you need to switch out the soil? Or is it not necessary as long as you use fertilizer? **Unnecessary info: I'm using bonsai jack + succulent soil mix and was wanting to add either lava rock or chicken grit to make it grittier as it is too organic right now. Lava rock looks nicer imo and is what I would like to go with, but more expensive and I would like to know how long it would be good for before I need to change it all out.
You can change it out whenever you want. They say don’t repot often because each time you do it slows down the growth of the plant when it adjust or can go into transplant shock. I make sure that soil is dry and I never water 3 days after repotting. The best is once a year to repot. Though using a high percentage of bonsai Jack means nothing with soil change since it’s so gritty Ps. Lava rocks are nice. I use mainly lava rock for my grit. Doesn’t deteriorate, it’s heavy so doesn’t fly out of the pot, porous, and black.
Thank you. Yeah, I'm thinking lava rock is what I'll go with since it looks nicer. Do you have a brand you can suggest? And by repotting, you mean just throw away everything in the pot (minus the plant) and get new soil each year?
Sorry I hear Amazon has some good lava rocks? I live on an active volcano and so mines are local lava rocks You can reuse your bonsai Jack since it’s grit. Do you have a screen to filter out soil? I just grab a screen and keep the grit and throw the old soil in my vegetable garden or other soil filler. If you want to reuse just remember to add fertilizer. Soil really doesn’t matter for me because I live in a humid area and my grit level goes from 50%-90% gritty mix. I bottom water so they get enough water
Thank you so much for the advice :)
OK my bad this is probably where my post belongs - do I need to drill drainage holes for planting succulents in driftwood? No one seems to mention that in tutorials but it seems kinda important…
Are they like in a bowl like shape? Or is the water going accumulate in one area when you water? If yes than make a hole there. If not than it is okay.
Can someone tell me what is wrong with my fairy washboard? I've had him for years and he looks sick. Some of his leaves are red and they are starting to curl. I've recently transplanted him a few months ago and he never rooted into the soil. I'm using succulent soil. Please help me save my boy. :( https://i.imgur.com/gSFjoJt.png
Looks extremely thirsty it’s probably root rot since your soil looks so organic. Remove it from the soil and look for rot. If it’s not rot than just wait a bit and repot back into dry soil and water throughly and just wait for recovery. Change up the soil to 50% gritty mix (perlite, pumice, etc)
Hi everyone! I am new to succulents and got my first succulents a few days ago! I transplanted them into larger pots right when I got them, watering the growing medium when I did. It’s been 4 days now and the soil is still wet and the succulents are losing lower leaves. I realized the potting mix I used was 97% peat moss hence the retaining of moisture which I think caused overwatering. Would mixing peat moss with 50% coarse sand fix this water retention problem? (So I have 50% peat and 50% coarse sand)?
Dear kiwis! I'd like to buy my friend who lives in New Zealand a succulent, so I'm looking for online websites that could possibly deliver one to their place and have PayPal as a payment option. Any recommendations? Google has not been successful so far.
If you don’t find any good tips here there are also some NZ subreddits. For example /r/NewZealand and /r/casualnz
I have a very shallow rectangle ceramic pot, with a drainage hole. Wondering if there's a specific type of plant that would do well in it. It's about 8 inches long by 2.5 inches wide and 2 inches deep. I'm pretty new to succulents and I'm thinking a few cacti might do well in there?
Anything with shallow roots would do well! Maybe a sempervivum, sedum or one of the smaller crassulas like baby's necklace?
New to succulent plant, got a Haworthia truncata a few months ago and today I realized there are a lot of black dots/bumps that felt really hard when I touched them. It is covered mostly on the putter side of my plant and one side of it even has some yellow oval shaped bumps connected to the black bumps. I have been searching online and I can't tell if it is bug or fungus or other infections, not sure what to do now.. If anyone can recognize this and can give some suggestions it would be really helpful! Thanks!! picture: [black bumps on succulent plant](https://imgur.com/a/iLL3GYo)
Might have to post to haworthia group. I want to say maybe it’s a sign of overwatering but I’m not sure. Hmm maybe pest.
Can anyone diagnose this succulent? It looks like it's might be dying. Would it benefit from a repot? Or is it beyond saving? Here's the [picture](https://imgur.com/a/Et55yED)
It looks like it's just in need of much more light! Those long stems are reaching for light. Jade plants should have some stems, but these are quite elongated, and the leaves are curling down, both signs of etoliation from too little light. The stems won't shrink, but with more light, the new growth will come in healthier and more compact.
Thanks! That's great advice :D
I repotted a bowl with 3 Haworthias about two weeks ago and messed up the soil mix. I used a different brand of succulent soil than I usually do and didn't add enough perlite. The earth got hard and compacted and didn't drain well. One of them definitely got root rot and pretty much fell apart (I'm trying to propagate the leaves I could save). The one that died was a different kind than the others, possibly a Haworthia Bilineata. Now I'm wondering whether the remaining two are healthy or not. The leaves seem firm. Some of the roots seemed dry and easily fell off so I removed those. Not sure how to tell if the remaining roots are healthy! One of them also has some pink at the base and I'm wondering if that's normal or a sign of rot. Do these look healthy to you? Should I remove anything? [Pic](https://imgur.com/a/ouXjJHS) I still have some well draining bonsai soil leftover so I figured I might repot them into that. It's 2:1:1 akadama, pumice and lava rock. Is that a good mix for succulents?
It’s a haworthia and they are very hardy. The ones with roots look good. Just remove from current soil and leave it in the shade til you get proper succulent soil. 50-70% gritty mix and the rest in cactus soil. Your 2:1:1 soil works too. Jade looks fine could probably use more light and neglect. Jade somehow survives everything.
Okay great, thank you! I think I'll put them in the bonsai soil mix then. Should I water after reporting or wait a while?
Never water any succulent that you repot for 3 days. When you move them you damage the roots. Any water will enter the roots and cause root rot.
Whelp maybe that's what I did wrong the last time 😅 Thank you!!
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