I’m a new plant parent and I’ve been having trouble keeping this little one healthy. He’s suffered from sunburn, potential overwatering (I struggle determining proper portions) and turned pink from stress. I know I need to change the soil (it was a last ditch effort) but any tips would be amazing 😭😭
I really love Espoma’s Organic Cactus and Succulent Mix for my succulents. I’d also suggest bottom watering your plant if you’re an overwaterer and if you haven’t tried that yet. It’s really easy to do and there’s tutorials on the app here if you wanna learn how. A simple YouTube video would also suffice for showing how as well. The key isn’t so much how much water you give as much as it is how OFTEN you water it. I give my succulents about 9-10 days before I water them again, then about 12-15 days in the fall, then hardly at all in the winter unless they’re still forming new growth. As for the sun stress and burn, never wipe the leaves of certain succulents as the natural sort of “dust” they seem to have on them is their natural form of sunscreen. If you did in fact accidentally wipe it off (which if you did, don’t feel bad. People do it all the time. The only succulent that really needs its leaves cleaned is jade plants) try to put it in an east or west window if you can find it. If you don’t know what I mean about that, please look up how to find north and south in your house and determine from there if you have any east/west windows.
1 like If you’re really scared they’re gonna die and plan to repot them, you might wanna separate them into 2 smaller pots. Reduce it to their roots if you can, and if the two plants are connected at the roots you can cut the roots in half to separate them. I know that might sound scary, but people do it. Separating them also might help keep you from overwatering them instead of risking overwatering because you’re trying to provide enough water for two plants in one pot. Bottom water them both, let their soil completely dry out, and again, only water them sparingly, about every 9-10 days in their growing season of the summer, then even less often in colder weather. I hope this helps! Lemme know if you have any specific questions about anything I mentioned.
1 like thank you so so much for the overwhelming support and advice!!! i have begun taking suggested precautions in soil and repotting :) there’s to nursing with the little guy!
1 like No problem! Succulents are great once you get the hang of them. Definitely agree with Kades advice too. Best of luck with yours, and feel free to ask any more questions if you have any during the repotting process. ☺️
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I totally agree with Adrian about watering, Definitely do not use plantas alert, if it’s been sooner than a week in the summer. I use the sun gro black bag for succulents and a lot of tropical plants and love it! in my experience with sempervivum they need a crap ton of light, but not direct sun. If it’s turning pink I almost think that’s a good thing, it tells you that it’s getting a sufficient amount of light. It’s called sun stress but it’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s more like a sun tan. However it’s turns dark and crunchy that’s far too much sun. Some varieties are also not very heat tolerant so that can cause some issues.
3 likes Most Sempervivum generally have cilia instead of farina, making them okay to touch (softly). This is not all of them though!
1 like thank you so so much for your advice! i appreciate it so much!!
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