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title: "Does this look like an overwatering issue to folks? It’s such a small…"
description: "Does this look like an overwatering issue to folks? It’s such a small spike, I can’t tell if it’s squishy or shriveled!"
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# Does this look like an overwatering issue to folks? It’s such a small…

_Gepostet von Terrarimum am 2024-05-22_

Does this look like an overwatering issue to folks? It’s such a small spike, I can’t tell if it’s squishy or shriveled!

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## 12 Kommentare

### Bee kommentierte am 2024-05-22

I don’t know what’s wrong but that lil guy is so cute 😍

### Alyssa kommentierte am 2024-05-22

How long have you had the little guy?

#### Terrarimum antwortete am 2024-05-22

About a month? Did water it a couple days ago, but didn’t saturate him… still may have been too much?

#### Alyssa antwortete am 2024-05-22

Hmmm, yeah I’d wait a little longer, water him no more than once a month, I’d do it every other, maybe get a smaller drainage pot for him and a more chunkier soil, I used bonsai jacks cactus succulent mix off of amazon, works like a charm

### PlantedInJunction kommentierte am 2024-05-22

It looks like overwatering to me because of where the yellow looks the “worst”. If it was green more towards the bottom and yellow at the top I would assume under watering.

### max kommentierte am 2024-05-22

it could be overwatering, it could also be a normal bottom leaf dying off. i would keep it dry for the next little while + remove this one and go from there!

### Shelbop kommentierte am 2024-05-22

Succulents will use bottom leaves to survive if they are too dry. They then turn yellow or brown, shrivel and dry up. The plant is healthy. When was it last watered?

#### Shelbop antwortete am 2024-05-22

It’s a Haworthia Fasciata Concolor

#### Terrarimum antwortete am 2024-05-22

Couple days ago - I’ll try that, maybe skip the next planta notif!

#### Shelbop antwortete am 2024-05-22

If you use a wooden skewer to check for soil residue it is a great indicator whether it needs it or not. If planta says water and there is residue just snooze. I have a ton of these guys and they do lose the odd bottom leaf. They are pretty hardy too. Your little guy is a very lovely green. 🥰

### Alyssa kommentierte am 2024-05-22

Yeah same thing happened to my tiger aloe, I had it for two years and probably only watered it maybe three times, two bottom leaves shriveled up just like that, so I repotted it in a bonsai substrate and water it about once every other month and it’s thriving and being its whacky self lol.

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### Tianna kommentierte am 2024-05-22

I’d take off the sad little guy and see how it goes! The rest looks great

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