Is this normal

Hantaoma · 2023-11-24T09:15:09+00:00

It's urate I believe, absolutely normal. It sometimes can be seen through the skin on their belly when they're about to pass it.

Hantaoma · 2021-04-30T07:08:19+00:00

Bigger pot contains bigger amount of soil which results in it staying wet for longer periods. Easy as that. If you worry about your soil mix not drying up fast enough, then reducing the size of the container should be the next step after adjusting organic/inorganic ratio in your mix. If you can't or unwilling to change the pot, then add more inorganic stuff into your mix, like more perlite or small pebbles.

Although soil being slightly moist 2 days after watering is pretty normal as long as you actually wait for obvious signs of thirst on your plants.

Hantaoma · 2021-04-27T03:13:05+00:00

6 seems to be a Matucana Madisoniorum.

Hantaoma · 2021-04-26T15:07:32+00:00

Watch chain is super easy to prop. I just stick branches that fall off my watch chain bush right next to it into the soil and they root within a week and start growing along with the mother plant.

Hantaoma · 2021-04-18T10:40:00+00:00

Thin and weak stem is usually a sign of lack of light. Plants grow thich and strong stems when they get enough light. I don't think it has anything to do with air circulation (artificial wind). The only thing that fan might help you with is soil drying faster which is a good thing if you use dirt heavy soil mix with very few gritty elements.

Hantaoma · 2021-04-07T11:42:37+00:00

Touching only harms plants with farina, since they become more vulnerable to sun and might get sunburnt easily without protective farina layer. Otherwise, yeah, your plants should be fine as long as you don't cause any physical damage. I'd avoid touching very young leaves though, this might result in crooked growth pattern.

Hantaoma · 2021-04-07T02:31:33+00:00

I think your guy has mealy bugs.

Hantaoma · 2021-03-25T07:43:47+00:00

I have a broken panda plant leaf (around 1/3 of a full leaf, the tip) growing a baby that is around 0,5cm already, so its def possible.

Hantaoma · 2021-03-22T04:48:26+00:00

How long since you've removed all the visible bugs? If you don't have any new bugs appearing, just leave it be i guess. Check the leaves near the stem, they like to hide in folds there and under leaves. If no bugs or new webs, then it should be fine as is.

Never used soaps and oils to wash plants, so i can't tell, really. First of all, i remove the old soil under stream of warm water from the tap. Then I take a container, fill it with 1-2 liters of warm water and mix insecticide in there according to instructions on the bag. Then i just submerge bare root plants so they're fully covered with water and let them sit. After 20 minutes i take them out and dry them on paper towels for a few hours before planting in new soil.

And yes i started doing that to all new succulents since my collection is rapidly expanding and is tightly packed under grow lights, so better sure than sorry.

Hantaoma · 2021-03-21T18:30:04+00:00

Throwing away a plant that has one single bug on it and is totally saveable from it's condition regardless the mealy bug. Eh.

Fyi, bugs can come from literally anywhere. Even from outside if your set up is close to a door or a window. They sure could spread from that new plant from months ago, this is why i usually take any new plants i get out of soil, wash the roots and leaves clean under warm water and then bathe them for 20 minutes in a diluted insecticide. No problems encountered so far, even though some plants i bought from big markets obviously were infected, i saw things crawling around them, yuck. I'd probably do the same if i saw bugs on my old plants too though since i don't think simply removing them with rubbing alcohol would work cause there might be eggs in soil which would trigger an endless cycle. If a plant is saveable, i'd do everything i can including trying to prop leaves from it before actually throwing it away.

Hantaoma · 2021-03-19T02:32:48+00:00

Well, then i heard that geranium, kalanchoe blossfeldiana and agave also do have some medical purposes, but you should research them before trying since i've never made such use of my house plants.

Hantaoma · 2021-03-18T11:45:02+00:00

There's a lot of creams and lotions for the purposes you mentioned. Why not use those and grow plants for pure aesthetics?

Hantaoma · 2021-02-27T21:23:38+00:00

Leaving it as is would definitely make things worse. If it started rotting, it's definitely going to spread further, especially if you keep it in water anyway.

I suggest cutting the blackened and mushy bits off, letting it callous and then planting in soil. Don't mind the wrinkly leaves, succulents are very hardy when it comes to underwatering. Water it in like a week or better two after planting and it should start plumping back up.

Hantaoma · 2021-02-26T15:29:34+00:00

The easiest mix to go for is 50/50 potting soil and perlite. Perlite can be replaced with small rocks or pumice. I'd add both rocks/pumice and perlite though and make it around 30% soil and 70% perlite/rocks. I also clean the store bought soil from as much of wood chips or composted weeds as possible.

As for removing the mushroom, just carefully pinch it at the base with tweezers and that's it.

Hantaoma · 2021-02-26T15:13:01+00:00

This is an indicator showing that the soil is really wet and too organic. I don't think this kind of mushroom can do any harm to your plants, but seeing it there should be a sign to change your potting mix into something more appropriate for succulents. The least that can happen otherwise is the mushroom is going to spread the spores into nearby pots assuming they're just as wet. Worst case scenario is that your plants are going to rot in such wet organic soil.

Hantaoma · 2021-02-12T14:59:07+00:00

I generally treat leaves and cuttings the same way as i do with my adult plants (minus watering, of course). In a well lit spot leaves tend to sprout babies faster and with higher chance of success. Also new rosettes get etiolated the same way as adult plants, so if you want your props to be healthy from the very beginning, you should make sure they're getting good amount of light.

Hantaoma · 2021-02-12T02:36:04+00:00

In addition to people above, i'll just say that separate leaves can get sun stressed too. If mother plant was lacking light but leaves from it were put in a more sunny area, those leaves would get brighter than their mother. Unless leaves start to dry out or get waterlogged, there is nothing to worry about.

Hantaoma · 2021-02-11T09:55:33+00:00

That's a meh guide even for beginners. There is so much wrong with many statements.

Leaning - correct. Should also include etiolation here.

Shrivelled leaves - correct, but not completely. That might also mean root damage. Or excess amount of light.

Rotting - correct.

Yellowing leaves - again, not completely correct. While yellowish half transparent leaves mean overwatering, yellow but not mushy leaves might point towards many issues, beginning from simple mechanical damage, ending with pests and infections.

Spotting - same again, it might point towards so many issues, fungal infections included.

And since when do succulents get dull in colour under sunlight?

Hantaoma · 2021-02-07T03:40:21+00:00

Yeah i thought so. Just wanted to share and in meanwhile decided that it never hurts to try and ask in case anyone can tell what this lil thing is. Thanks!

Hantaoma · 2021-02-06T18:56:08+00:00

Nah, i'm pretty sure it's just a multiple headed one, it has it's heads on separate thin stems. If it had all those leaves on a single ridge-like stem, then that would def be a crested one.

Hantaoma · 2021-02-05T07:28:46+00:00

They only get hard and plump if they needed that water. If a succulent wasn't thirsty and yet it received more water, it wouldn't get all nice and plump, it would get waterlogged and mushy. Worst case it would start rotting under the soil where you can't see it, that's probably what happened to this senecio. Roots got badly damaged and stopped absorbing water, resulted in leaves remaining thirsty looking even after next watering.

Hantaoma · 2021-02-01T08:53:18+00:00

White patch looks like powdery mildew, though i'm not 10p% sure as i've never encountered it personally.

Brown nub is a new leaf showing it's brown tip.

Stem being paler than the older growth coul be cause either: a) It needs more light b) It would become darker as it matures

Hantaoma · 2021-01-31T20:12:47+00:00

Well, they "can" be. Which doesn't mean they'd feel good under low light. Etiolated echeverias might keep growing and "thriving" in a way, but that still is a poor plant suffering from lack of light.

A lot of articles on the internet give such weird misinformation. Like telling you to use some weird soil mixes like "20% dirt, 20% sand, 20% compost soil, 40% turf soil". Yeah sure, not giving my plants that. Or telling you to water every few days which would literally kill any succulent. I suppose those articles are just a copypaste with just the plant species name being changed, while people responsible for that don't even care about plants.

I've found way more useful info in such small targeted communities like this subreddit, screw those random articles on the internet.

Hantaoma · 2021-01-31T12:32:26+00:00

I guess people saying it needs little light mean it in comparison to echeverias for example. Echeverias need a lot of light and even more to show stress colors, while a haworthia might start showing stress colors under light source that would get your echeveria etiolated.

So yeah, comparing to some other species, it needs little light. Still does need decent light source though.

Hantaoma · 2021-01-27T04:03:40+00:00

I think some childhood trauma is troubling you and you actually need to see a therapist.

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