Hey yāall!! Iām kinda new to the app but Iām wondering if someone could help me. Whatās wrong with my Graptoveria???? I watered it about a week ago and made sure that the soil was completely dry before doing so. But my leaves are shriveling up! š©. Please help! See the before and after pics of my trouble child. TIA
Does this pot have any drainage? A similar thing happened to me with an echeveria and when I pulled it out of the pot there was a ton of water in the bottom.
0 gillningar It does. Also, I added perlite to the succulent soil mix (half and half) when I potted it.
1 gilla Oh shoot, that was my only idea, I hope you can figure out whatās going on with it!
0 gillningarHow is the current moisture level in the soil?
0 gillningar Fairly moist
0 gillningarToo wet is my guess if itās still evenly moist throughout after a week. You did the right thing by adding grit to the soil though. Although, I canāt tell if you have a grow light on it. Window glass filters light enough that any light hungry plants struggle. My last thought is whether any environmental conditions have changed? More heat coming off the glass? Did the bottom leaves get wet at all when you watered? Has it always been in this spot? Trying to brainstorm stuff Iāve dealt with. Happy to keep trying to help.
1 gilla I think it was too wet. š« I took it out of the pot and inspected the roots. They donāt appear to be rotted but I did lose even more leaves. So I have the plant on a paper towel now so the roots can dry out. Hopefully I can save my plant. š¤š½
1 gilla Great questions! Thanks for the help.
1 gillaIf itās not dying out fairly quickly, you can gently tease some of the soil off with a clean chopstick. Once itās healthy, if pups donāt start growing at the old nodes, you can just prick it with a toothpick and apply a tiny dab of Kiki paste. Iām doing this right now to a few malingering echeveria.
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The pebbles can also be an issue. I made the mistake of using pebbles and they were keeping the soil from drying out. I switched to using lava rocks to top them and that did the trick.
1 gilla Ohhhh I didnāt even think about that. Thank you!
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