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title: "Anyone experienced with aeoniums? Quick dormancy question. I was…"
description: "Anyone experienced with aeoniums? Quick dormancy question. I was given one as a freebie with purchase in February. It has roots now but I believe it’s dormant.…"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
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published: "2024-06-19T17:04:55.240449Z"
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# Anyone experienced with aeoniums? Quick dormancy question. I was…

_Posted by Succulent❤️Mama on 2024-06-19_

Anyone experienced with aeoniums? Quick dormancy question. I was given one as a freebie with purchase in February. It has roots now but I believe it’s dormant. I live in TX with a short spring. It got some bigger green leaves for a few weeks in a window. It is outside now and those leaves have colored up. No new leaves and It looks the same. So dormant right? I am watering when the leaves get wilted feeling. Planta is telling me to fertilize but I assume I don’t fertilize while dormant right?

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## 10 comments

### BotanicalBookworm\_13 commented on 2024-06-19

The colored leaves may be the cause of sun stressing. So it’s probably not dormant

#### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-06-19

I thought aeoniums go dormant in the heat of the summer. Yes, sorry if I wasn’t clear, it absolutely is sunstressing. What I meant was that the leaves are completely colored up so they haven’t grown in a few weeks because the new growth is green. When they were growing this spring, the new growth was green. It makes it surprisingly easy to tell if they are growing. 😄 They seem to color up like a piece of solar paper, grow green, then turn burgundy where the sun hits. It’s very cool and different than my other succulents. 😊 So I think they are dormant. Am I missing something? How do you tell when your aeoniums go dormant? This is my first one.😊

#### BotanicalBookworm\_13 replied on 2024-06-19

You can tell they go dormant because the leaves may curl inwards and become more tightly closed into rosettes. Some leaves may also fall off.

#### BotanicalBookworm\_13 replied on 2024-06-19

But if it’s not growing because the green is not exposed. I would recommend moving it inside

#### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-06-19

One more question, shouldn’t they be dormant since it’s 90+ where I live?

My original question was more related to if I should skip fertilizing like I suspected when dormant. But, I also very much appreciate the information on looking for dormancy. 😊 When they were inside this spring, they were growing bigger green leaves but this is a burgundy aeonium (forgetting the name🤪) so that told me it should be in more sun. At least was my understanding of how to know when they are getting enough light. I moved it into a part sun/part shade flower bed to help it color up and encourage dormancy since I thought this is the time. It seems happy and healthy. We have a short spring and long summer in TX so I am expecting it to stay dormant for months now until at least October. When does yours go dormant?

#### BotanicalBookworm\_13 replied on 2024-06-19

July-August type of thing. But if you are noticing stunned growth, it will most likely be dormant. So no, don’t fertilize

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