Questions tagged [succulents]
Water retaining plants adapted to arid climates and/or soil.
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How to give my Stapelias a healthy compact look?
I currently have none in my collection, but I think of re-introducing them into my garden, as either potted plants or grown from seed.
My experience is as follows: In a shaded location, they grow ...
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ZZ Plant stem rot
Last week, I ordered 5 pieces of ZZ plants. It arrived somehow damaged (leaves yellowing and some have fallen off). The stem appeared to be undamaged. Today, however, I noticed that one of the ZZz ...
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My succulent plant is developing a yellow stem and white silky strands. Is this normal?
My succulent plant's stem is starting to get shriveled, and its weak (can't support its own weight) along with yellow. I'm starting to use straws and wooden stakes to support it. Leaves are falling ...
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What is soil mold and how to kill it
I used neem oil spray on a succulent that had mealybugs. 5 days later, This fuzzy, stringy white mold appeared all over the soil. It stunk, and I hated it. I sprayed the mold with neem oil, and the ...
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What’s a reasonable number of succulents to plant in this dish?
I have a good few small succulents that are growing well. They were initially planted in small seashells, then moved to small planter pots and now I’d like to have them merged to save space and have ...
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haworthia scale bugs are too tough
This is not a long question (down at the end), but I would like first to share with you some of my attempts as well as results before proceeding to the question itself.
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Mystery House Plant (Succulent) is sick?
I inherited a mystery house plant that I assumed was some type of aloe. Honestly I wasn't too worried about it (it seemed happy and pretty enough😅) until it got these yellow growths where the leaves ...
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Need help in Identifying this succulent and taking care of it
I was gifted this succulent plant about 10 days back.
Need help in identifying the exact species of the plant.
I live in Bangalore, India. If it helps.
I searched online and found it to look similar ...
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What does this plant need?
I spontaneously adopted this succulent from a shop.
I've never grown a plant before.
I learned what I could from videos and people and the internet.
My request is for information, help me understand ...
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What's this brown spot on my jade leaf?
What's this brown spot on the leaf of my jade plant? I first saw it on the leaf about a week ago. A few days before I saw it, I had to remove one of its bottom leaves because it looked like it was ...
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Full spectrum LED strips tape for growing succulents and indoor plants
I'm looking at modifying some built in shelving that I have in my house with some LED strips to help my succulents and indoor plants. Due to the fixed nature of the shelves and the relatively narrow ...
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What could be the reason of this stem turning into white in the center areas?
The stem stopped growing since 2 days and the flower/leaf is not opening up. I thought it could be thirsty but watering didn't help.
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Succulent with green/red leaves, small and multiple pink flowers, identification
I've already asked here but the none of the answer were correct and the picture I uploaded was without the flowers. It likes partial sun/bright shade. Does anyone know what succulent is this?
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When to move Euphorbia milii to full sun?
Yesterday I bought a Euphorbia milii (Crown of Thorn) in a 6" pot from my local Home Depot. At the store it never received full sun.
I know that this plant thrives with direct sun, so I'll be ...
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Succulent in need of repotting
My colleague had bought this succulent plant for our office in a supermarket, and it was left there before lockdown. Over the months it has grown in size (it had a small rose-like shape just above the ...
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The leaves on my succulent are getting brown and mushy - help!
I got this succulent from a local florist and have kept in my living room with low light and regular potting soil. I have have it for about a week - I am just starting to notice the bottom leaves are ...
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How can I help my succulent?
so I think I have an Haworthia Fasciata and I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
I think I was over watering, so I stopped watering And put it outside for 3 days to dry out. it’s been a few weeks now ...
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White and brown spots on cacti
I've been away for the last two and a half weeks, and upon return I noticed a few of my cacti had developed white fuzzy spots, which were not there before.
In the worst instance, one cactus appears ...
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Can I use white aquarium sand to replace the sand on my substrate?
I want to make a substrate with vermiculite and sand. However, I don't find a small amount of sand to buy where I live. At the market I saw this white sand for aquariums.
Does anyone know if I can use ...
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Should I prune my Crassula rogersii?
I have what I think is a little Crassula rogersii that's been growing out in three branches from a little trunk. The branch in the middle seems to be getting somewhat top-heavy (you can see how this ...
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Kalanchoe wilting
I bought a kalanchoe around a month ago and have watered it very slightly once every 2 weeks. Recently the leaves have started to turn yellow, soggy and fall on the slightest touch. The soil though is ...
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Is this plant a Crassula Ovata or a Portulacaria Afra?
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What plant is this? I tried to compare it to both the Crassula and the Portulacaria but I think it has a bit of both. Also, the pot is of oval shape, is it necessary to have it? or can I switch to ...
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What is wrong with my kalanchoe blossfeldiana?
I bought this lovely girl for my mom last May at Vons, and kept it alive since then. It's been in continual bloom. It gets plenty of shade and sun, and I bring it inside at night and back out in the ...
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Please ID a weird vine, a pseudo hybrid of these two varieties
I met a lady that had a vine similar to a variegated pothos or a philodendron, with very fat and succulent heart-shaped leaves, about 4-5 millimetres thickness, 4"/10cm long, hanging on water-...
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Cactus growing in a stem between two leaves?
Question 1: What plant is this... a cactus growing in a stem between two leaves...? Never saw that at stores, I think! It got so heavy that it started falling, I'm keeping it up straight with the help ...
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What is this kalanchoe-like plant?
My grandmother has this plant on her sunny windowsill. She barely waters it. It's grown quite leggy as the winters here (in Ireland) are quite dark, but overall it's gotten much bigger during its time ...
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Why is the bottom of my cactus discolored and soft?
I got this cactus a couple of years ago but in the last few months I have noticed the bottom half getting brownish and soft. I water the cactus about once every 6-8 days and it gets a lot of direct ...
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What kind of succulent is my plant here?
I got this about one and a half years ago. It used to have about 6 wider leaves lower down, but they fell off one by one over the months, and now it's grown these three cute little branches of little ...
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Black spots on echeveria leaves - cause?
Activity on 28-01-2019:
Watered - soil is damp as of 29-01-2019, but it is a fast-draining cactus mix.
Pest control - sprayed 2~3 times with pyrethrum bug spray (brand below)
Fertilized - about half ...
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Germinating succulent seeds
First a little background,
I live in Sri Lanka where the temperature is at about 30c throughout the year. The sun is also very strong for the entire year and yeah we don't have different seasons here....
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What’s wrong with my Aloe Vera?
I got this little aloe plant from a succulent subscription service and when it arrived a few of its leaves looked a little yellow... I thought maybe it had a rough transport and/or was overwatered, so ...
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Snake Plant Wrinkles and Color Fading
I moved in February from Montreal to Toronto with my snake plant in a car (that's the first picture color and shape, the second and third picture to show the difference today).
It was doing fine ...
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What caused this red spot on my Haworthia plant?
My Haworthia plant has this strange red spot. I'm not sure what it is - is my plant okay?
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Cactus in hydroponics: Keep water levels up at all times?
I've read a bit online about growing cacti in hydroponics, and basically every site I found agrees that it's possible, and it should basically work like any other hydroponics: Set the plant (in an ...
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Can I cut the top off my Lace Aloe plant?
It is having trouble supporting its own weight, and I am hoping that cutting off the top (where it starts to droop) would let it grow more full, rather than just tall. Would that work? Does it work ...
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Mealybug infection or not?
I bought a succulent from a huge display advertised as "succulent, mix". There were few types and I liked this one because it looks like it has a spider web on it. But after showing the picture to my ...
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How to save Jade Plant (Crassula ovata) from dropping more leaves?
I need advice from you all to save this Jade Plant (Crassula ovata).
4 months ago, it looked healthy with big fat, plump leaves from this image here - taken from my other question What are those ...
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What are these yellow spots on my Melocactus concinnus?
I purchased this Melocactus concinnus online a couple of months ago. I don't remember seeing those yellow spots on the bottom half of the cactus. It's possible, however, that I just didn't pay close ...
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A plant or a weed?
Can anybody tell this non-gardener (hopeless!) what this is? It suddenly showed up in the area on the side of my house that I don't have anything growing in. I'm guessing a bird left a seed but ...
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Need help identifying this succulent (I think?)
My grandma had started growing this for me awhile back and passed away in January before I could get much info on it... any ideas?
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Holes on my succulent leaves
Hi, my succulents have recently been getting holes in them and I have no idea what it is.
Please help!!
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Why does my aloe have so much space between its leaves?
I received this aloe About a year ago. I recently moved it from the nursery pot to a slightly larger pot. While looking up the best way to do that I noticed mine seems to have more space between ...
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What is this plant in my succulent?
I recently bought this plant and was wondering whether this was a weed or whether I need to cut this back over time? Thanks
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White spot on cactus? Can someone help identify and find a fix?
I’ve had this problem for a little while, maybe a month? I haven’t noticed any spraying but I am worried about his health over all. He’s indoor and was in natural light when this began and is now ...
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(When) can potted cactus and aloe vera be put outside?
Hello Gardening stackexchange!
We bought a few cacti and aloe vera last year, which live in pots. We took them inside the house at the start of the past autumn, when the temperatures were starting ...
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How can I save this string of pearl?
I bought a string of pearls plant online. when the plant arrived, the soil was quite moist. But still, I didn't want to repot the plant, because I thought I should give some time to the plant to be ...
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Anyone here using wood mulch for their succulents?
I've been wanting to create a succulent garden and I've been doing alot of info gathering on how to provide the best care/environment for such plants. Everything was going fine untill mulching became ...
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Apart from succulents, do all drought tolerant plants prefer rock mulch over wood mulch?
I have never seen wood mulch used as top dressing for a succulent arrangement and im not sure why. However, when other plants requiring similar cultural needs are incorporated in the same bed as ...
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Green moss(?) growing in succulent soil
I recently repotted some succulents into glass pots. I noticed today that there is some green stuff, looks like moss, growing on the inside walls of the pots. What is this? And is it safe? Should I ...
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Haworthia translucens is flowering (I Guess)
First i dont know the name of this succulent.So i just google "succulent translucent leaves" so i think it is Haworthia translucens. I bought this plant few month ago with two other haworthias, They ...
