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Do I need to repot him or just let him grow? Thanks in advance ☺️

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  1. Bella Bee🐝💚

    Personally I’d let him grow. If there’s no issues with how he is now then you don’t want to accidentally create any by unnecessary repotting 💚 very handsome fellow you have✨

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    • SK

      I agree, I don’t want to touch him either but just wondering if he is too much away from soil may be. I am in love with him, he looks more beautiful from top 😉😋

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    • Succulent❤️Mama

      It’s beautiful! Which kind? I might add it to my wishlist.😊 It’s not too far away from the soil. It’s good for their leaves to dry up quickly after watering so a little distance between the soil will just help with that.

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  2. Succulent❤️Mama

    You have it in an inner pot with drainage so that’s good.😊 If it’s potted in a chunky cactus mix, then you could probably leave it for now. Did you buy it this way or pot it up yourself? It’s a pretty pot.😊 If you potted it yourself, is the root system that big? Echeveria (and most succulents) usually have smaller root systems so they usually need smaller/shallower pots. Their roots need to be able to reach the bottom of the pot to suck up all the water so they can sit in dry dirt until they need water again. They store water in their leaves so they don’t need to store water in the soil. Sitting in moist dirt will actually kill them eventually from root rot. You know it’s time to water again when the lowest leaves are pliable and less firm. The plant will suck the water up, and the dirt should be dry within a day. If it’s not, then you have too big of a pot, wrong kind of pot, wrong kind of dirt, no drainage hole, not enough airflow, plant has root issues, or you watered too soon. Terra-cotta and placing a fan next to the plant can go along way to help it dry up if where it is indoor doesn’t have good airflow. If it was my plant? I would dump it out for sure! It gives you a way to check the roots quickly before any problems happen. You can see size and health of roots as well as the quality and type of soil. I’ve moved most of my succulents to terracotta, especially indoor ones, because it dries out much faster. Also a lot of growers pot them in peat moss, and that can kill a succulent pretty quick in a home environment. It holds on to way too much water. The growers have a big set up of fans and lights and everything is more controlled, so they can get away with it for a short amount of time while they are growing it. But long-term, peat will hold way too much water. You really need a very chunky mix. I’ve heard good things about Bonsai Jack brand soil. Personally, I just use approximately 5 parts miracle grow cactus soil with 3 parts of perlite, 1 part pumice, and 1 part orchid bark mixed together. In case this is your first succulent and you didn’t know, there’s a succulent/cactus group on here you can join too.😊

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    • Bella Bee🐝💚

      ☝️☝️☝️ soak up every word she says, lol, she’s helped to raise my plant babies!🤣

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    • SK

      Thank you so much for guiding me. I bought these succulents from Costco, they almost had died last year because I kept in the area where we have less sunlight. I kept them over the window and they started thriving. The inner pots have big holes but I hesitate to water them as I fear that if it hold moisture and that would kill them. I water little from the sides as I feel scared that if the succulents leaves get water it will get moist and then die. I hear you on big pots, no wonder why my other succulents are not growing. I probably had to move them to small pots, right? I am attaching pictures of other 2, please suggest. Absolutely I am joining the succulents group now. Thank you ♥️

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