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title: "Hi! so my succulents lower petals are all falling off and shriveling…"
description: "Hi! so my succulents lower petals are all falling off and shriveling up. i can’t tell if it’s due to over/under watering or if it’s an entirely different…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "liste"
published: "2025-10-01T23:47:42.633327Z"
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# Hi! so my succulents lower petals are all falling off and shriveling…

_Posted by liste on 2025-10-01_

Hi! so my succulents lower petals are all falling off and shriveling up. i can’t tell if it’s due to over/under watering or if it’s an entirely different problem all together. please let me know what i can do to try and help!

ps. ignore the pen, she needed some support and it’s all i could find in my dorm🥲

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## 6 comments

### Phil commented on 2025-10-02

Do you know what type of graptosedum it is? But general care that I provide mine is lots of light. Some sun if possible. Because yours is needing support, I would suspect it’s not getting enough light. Soil should be very gritty with only about 20% organic. And then I water when the leaves are just starting to wrinkle. The reason I was asking what type of grapto, is because the leaves look more like a sedum adolphi. Most graptos have fatter leaves. The pic is my Adolphi, and they do trail eventually. Actually mine needs even more light that I’ve been able to supply.

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### Campbell commented on 2025-10-02

have to agree with the previous comment, looks like it needs more light! it looks very leggy - aka it’s stretching to try to find some light. probably sacrificing its lower leaves to get closer to the light!

#### Vicki replied on 2025-10-02

This.

### Yolanda commented on 2025-10-02

Honestly I believe it’s the pen that’s causing your problem for your succulents leaves doing that. I know they are very sensitive and do not like to be touched a lot because it removes the coating it has on them to protect them. That pen has bacteria on it from hands and everything else

#### Vicki replied on 2025-10-02

I don’t agree with this. It’s not the pen, it just needs more light. Also, chopsticks from takeout will work just fine if you need a support!

### Yolanda commented on 2025-10-02

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