--- title: "Hey guys. New to planting and starting out small. Just potted a…" description: "Hey guys. New to planting and starting out small. Just potted a Pothos not that long ago but today I just received my small batch of mix succulents and aloes.…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/Ihjq49MoLefmiDBpQCHeKd?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Rududy31" published: "2026-10-14T03:45:16.713983Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # Hey guys. New to planting and starting out small. Just potted a… _Rududy31님이 2026-10-14에 게시함_ Hey guys. New to planting and starting out small. Just potted a Pothos not that long ago but today I just received my small batch of mix succulents and aloes. They’re very tiny bc I wanna start out small. Any tips on how long to wait til their first watering or how long to keep them in their nursery pots? Any advice is welcome to have my plants grow and last. ## 10개의 댓글 ### TabbyTai님이 2026-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요. When I was just getting started with cacti and succulents I would water on a date, it was the 21st of every month for me. Some are slow growing and I actually still have them in the pots from the grower some years later. Don’t be in a rush to repot, watch their growth. ### Phil님이 2026-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요. If your plants arrived with roots hard as rocks, repot immediately. If they arrived totally soaked, repot immediately. You chose some great easy plants. If they look good and soil condition is good, then you can wait a few weeks. But I would not keep them in those tiny pots. Water when the soil is totally dry, bone dry. Unless you see signs of dehydration. When you water them, drench them until water runs out the bottom drain. As they grow, they may not need watering on the same day. It will vary. I suggest terracotta for newbies. I still use terracotta for a lot of my succulents. And drain hole is needed. I use these small pots for a lot of my props. They may work for you. 2 inches wide by 1.75 inches tall. From Amazon. ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OWAkyZxcZtwxk-v_HG7sG7i-GaZeWOFpvbl_VkIbhkY/_2HhoNHVTN2AJdTdbMNa6w.webp?size=large) ### Phil님이 2026-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요. For comparison here are some of mine. First is a haworthiopsis, similar to yours. Second is retusas and last are zebras. These are probably a couple years old. ![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OWAkyZxcZtwxk-v_HG7sG7i-GaZeWOFpvbl_VkIbhkY/nzY2Ep_CTz2AHWTz9aKnCw.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OWAkyZxcZtwxk-v_HG7sG7i-GaZeWOFpvbl_VkIbhkY/Fg0-4mQ5RXynOoLToMiQMA.webp?size=large) ![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/OWAkyZxcZtwxk-v_HG7sG7i-GaZeWOFpvbl_VkIbhkY/pKL2d1lORreiHbS_qbrOug.webp?size=large) #### Rududy31님이 2026-10-14에 답변했습니다. Ooh yea I have very similar ones right now. They’re very tiny like an inch tall and the soils bone dry rn but I’m scared to repot since the last one I had I did and it got root rot and unfortunately didn’t make it. I also have a 3d printer that I want to use to make custom pots with drain holes too but I just need to know the right time to repot. #### Phil님이 2026-10-14에 답변했습니다. Repot now if soil is rock hard or very wet. If rock hard, you’ll need to soak it. #### Rududy31님이 2026-10-14에 답변했습니다. It’s bone dry but not hard. It’s super loose like dust but maybe that might be bc they were mailed to me. Here’s 1 to show for reference. Should I repot out of nursery pots or wait? ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/_W2jjbeK2NN1yE2-r2USeabfpffEK87m2flOSzEM3hk/wiz1A481RFmASy64p1CVZQ.webp?size=large) ### Phil님이 2026-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요. Do you have guidelines from the shipper? They need to be eventually repotted. They are ok for a couple weeks. ### Rududy31님이 2026-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요. No guidelines or history, got them from Amazon. So repotting can wait, what about watering should I water right away or also wait on that as they seem healthy now just really dry loose soil? ### Waspinator님이 2026-10-14에 댓글을 남겼어요. I'm not the best at succulents so far, but avoid getting water where their leaves meet. They can trap water and rot if that happens #### Rududy31님이 2026-10-15에 답변했습니다. Yea my big mistake on my first succulent was I had the soil up against the bottom of the leaves so when I watered it, it developed root rot. What can help prevent that? Should I buy like pebbles to put on top of the soil or can the size of the pot affect the soil and plant touching? --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_