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Martha
I bought this about a month and a half ago, maybe closer to two months now.
I just found out it’s a Donkey tail through the plant ID. It has a few tails (not sure if that’s the appropriate term for this plant). It’s very delicate and the leaves fall off.
I’m wondering if I should cut the long empty pieces and propagate the ends.
You can see new growth near the roots. I’m just not sure what to do. I’ve had other succulent plants before, but this is my first Donkey Tail.
Will leaves grow in the this empty space. Does cutting the tails help? Any suggestions?
Kelly
My string of pearls is starting to die and I’m crazy about it! Anyone have any tips or suggestions?
Laur
Ignore the prickly pear in the pot lol these sprouted out of the original prickly pear soil and I’ve been letting them grow for about 6 months trying to figure out where they came from or what they are. At first I thought maybe baby prickly pears but now I’m wondering otherwise. Anyone know? Google wasn’t very informative.
Kaley
Hello! New plant carer here! I was wondering what succulent food/fertilizer you use? I’ve had an echevaria for almost a year now have done nothing with her I lowkey forgot 😭 and she’s thriving. But going forward with new ones I’d like to take proper care of them ᵕ̈
La Famille Addams
Can anyone give me some tips to encourage my aeonium arboreum schwarzkopf to grow faster? They just don’t seem to be doing that well. They’re under a grow light all day and I’ve been fertilising them according to Plant schedule.
Abby
1st pic: when I bought it about 2 months ago (only shows 1 side). 2nd pic: now. I can’t believe it already shot out a death bloom and it’s so small.
Katherine
Hi! *Beheading question!
I’m not sure if my other posts are visible here but I’m very new to keeping succulents, and VERY new to keeping them alive. Still not sure I’m doing that, but we persist. My plant IDs might be off, so please feel free to correct me!
I have an important question about my echeveria chroma (again, not 100% on the ID, but it was advertised as such) and potential beheading!
Before I get too crazy and have to learn how to properly behead a plant, can anyone tell me if this is beheading material, decent growth, etc? I think I expected this plant, as an echeveria, to be more compact (I have an echeveria painted lady that is very stereotypically beautiful!) but upon arrival it had a bit of height to it.
Much to my surprise and delight, this thing has been GROWING. I think there was new leaf formation daily for the first few weeks. It’s gotten slower now as the two bigger “rosettes” have formed at the top, but when the plant arrived it was very plain looking and had no rosette formations. I think they’re beautiful, and they look like a good thing, but I don’t want to ruin them before they get a chance to thrive!
I’ve had it for about a month and have attached photos with the newest leaves, both with the area I am concerned about circled and without, for visibility! I don’t want this little portion of the plant to die due to its position in between two other main stems, but I have NO idea what I’d be getting myself into removing part of this plant and attempting to get it to root, etc.
Overall, the plant seems really healthy and happy (yay!) but I want to keep it that way, and I know with succulents, typically, less is more. I also understand that this is not propagating, so the entire process would look different than removing a single leaf, and there’s a chance the removed leaves/rosettes/baby plant(?) won’t make it or I’ll traumatize the original plant.
What would you do?! If there’s any info I can add that would be helpful, please let me know! I appreciate all information in advance — the internet is vast and conflicting and I consistently get great, helpful feedback on this app.
Any advice is welcome, and highly appreciated! Thank you! (Please ignore the ~etoliated leaf. We’re doing our best here and it was really long when I got it!)
Leslie
Does anyone know how I can save these ? I got them from a student who was going to use them for a school project but ended up not needing them.
amy 🌵
My sweet little sand dollar cactus is blooming! 🥹
Dave_opuntiaface
This was shoved under a shelf at HD. Come to me.
Em :)
New succulent unlocked! Researching into how to look after him but any and all advice is appreciated!! 🪴
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Waspinator
My largest cactus got entirely too big for his pot and also started rotting because the center trapped water. So after propagation i have 5 (plus a sixth I cut off last year from a branch that hung far out of the pot). Now i just need to find people to gift all my extra cacti to
ashleysplantlife
Hey guys, this is my cactus named Jack. I’ve had him for about a year and he was given to me as a gift. I have never repotted him and he seems very content in his pot. I was just wondering if anyone had an idea how old he is based off of his looks?? I’ve always been curious. Also, does anyone think I should repot him?
Blooming Dawn
I'm starting to get obsessed with cacti does anyone have any suggestions for easy, flowering, cacti?
Ms.Issy
I found this adorable cactus at a nursery today. It was sold as a “2.75” color ball cactus”…I believe it is some kind of gymnocalycium but I’m not sure what type.
Does anyone have any tips on figuring out what type she might be?
She also has no green on her anywhere. She is purple with pops of pink.
There is a bud so photosynthesis must be happening; but is the purple sun stressing? Should that actually be a green color?
MicAZ
I have a Copper King I love and wanted more. Just received these in the mail. Anyone know what these black things are? Never had them on mine.
Dave_opuntiaface
June 3rd vs June 28th, 2025. The two pads in a cement planter are pups from last year. I can confirm they are slowwwwww growers. Note that this was my first "big plant," and it went through all kinds of naive experiments - it also used to be a squirrel snack.
Dave_opuntiaface
Things are growing! I'm particularly excited that the little red gymnocalycium is finally budding. I refused to graft it, and I stand by that haha. And my paws are going absolutely nuts with flowers.
Lana
Heeeelp! Anyone knows what is happening to my cactus🥲
Victoria Maddison
Can someone help me ID this? It looks similar to a jade but that doesn’t feel quite right 🧐
