Hi all! All of my plants bit the dirt (ha ha) after an experimental bottom watering gone root-rot. Lesson learned. Not always ideal for glazed pots in particular! I have not tried to care for an Echeveria Perle Von Nurnberg yet, and this one is (in my minimal plant experience) absolutely massive. 4” approximately. My new plants, including this one, arrived about one week ago in mostly dry soil, not *completely* crumbling, so I’m holding off on watering all of them for at least a few more days. North facing window light is trash, but my grow lights have been upgraded and doubled, and I used my bunny ear cactus as a metric for light success — it’s growing at an absurd rate, so I think I’ve hit the grow light sweet spot. All of this to say: I am 99% certain I do not have a water or light issue, for once! Regarding this echeveria: does this need to be in a deeper pot? It arrived very much like this, after a period of rest it was transferred to its “home” pot from the plastic nursery pot. I added about a half of an inch of soil and some small bonsai pebbles as a topper to give it more opportunity to succeed. However, it seems like it’s “throwing” little roots toward the soil and I don’t want them to be exposed to any pests/become damaged and compromise the plant. I don’t want to disturb existing roots, this plant is very well-rooted and seems comfortable (with about an inch of extra perlite cacti soil beneath the root base) in the pot that it’s in, but if it requires more space, I can transfer it. I’m also not sure if these are just the result of the lowest leaves (maybe 1-2) inevitably being weak and removed/knocked off shortly after “settling in.” All opinions and advice are welcome! This plant is very new to me and I have a similar-sized echeveria chroma (a favorite!) that is also SO tall, and I feel I might run into this problem with that one even though it is in a terra-cotta pot with a wider top. Two photos of the mystery roots, two photos of the plant for reference. (It’s the pot, isn’t it?)
