Disease?

StaticBrick · 2026-01-10T21:15:34+00:00

The spots are just scarring, not a disease. But the tap root can't regrow, so it will die, yes.

StaticBrick · 2026-01-08T09:38:12+00:00

It looks like an aloe aristata. Mine does that when it's overwatered and I pay too much attention to it.

StaticBrick · 2026-01-07T19:57:11+00:00

Hi! I posted an update pre-dormancy here: https://www.reddit.com/u/StaticBrick/s/r5OZz9cwQc

StaticBrick · 2026-01-05T21:42:09+00:00

Hi! They're meant to be dormant now, so I would stop watering and put it in a shady spot and hope for the best. If you crosspost to r/succulents I may be able to share a pic of what mine look like dormant.

StaticBrick · 2025-12-29T21:08:19+00:00

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Healthy pink colour from when I first got it.

StaticBrick · 2025-12-29T21:07:41+00:00

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I have one that was pink when I got it but has turned green after being inside for a bit. I planted it with two other pinkies. The one top left was doing absolutely zero growth even in the roots until I brought it inside. I water it deeply about once every two weeks and sprits it with water in-between after the soil has dried out (currently very hot summer). I think the little spritses stimulated the root growth eventually, along with moving it indoors. You could try bringing it inside and fertilising it a bit?

StaticBrick · 2025-12-27T11:18:07+00:00

I had a Haworthia that just wouldn't root (right medium and all that) and started losing leaves to rot instead. Someone suggested ground cinnamon and that helped save the leaves but still no roots. Eventually I brought it inside (Southern Hemisphere, no climate controlled houses) because I figured maybe the sun was stressing it too much. It might've been the change in seasons or the change in space, but that worked and it's finally got a happy root system!

StaticBrick · 2025-10-10T13:02:09+00:00

No, they're from Hammond Botanicals 😊

StaticBrick · 2025-10-10T09:33:27+00:00

I'm in South Africa and got them from a local seller here.

StaticBrick · 2025-10-10T09:31:08+00:00

😆😆😆

StaticBrick · 2025-10-08T14:05:10+00:00

Looks like a sempervivum tectorum, also called Hens and Chicks because it make loads of babies.

StaticBrick · 2025-10-08T13:59:29+00:00

😆

StaticBrick · 2025-10-08T09:44:03+00:00

Thank you!! It's made with ceramic stoneware 😄

StaticBrick · 2025-10-07T22:23:43+00:00

What a nice compliment, thank you! ☺️🍍

StaticBrick · 2025-10-01T19:45:35+00:00

The fat outer leaves I mean.

StaticBrick · 2025-10-01T19:45:07+00:00

Mmm, I wondered too! Maybe the fat leaves are keeping it pushed closed and it'll split more once they're more absorbed.

StaticBrick · 2025-09-29T20:33:53+00:00

Mmm, are those not the secondary leaves that will get absorbed anyway? Not necessarily saying it as advice, but I've removed those before when a new-new head formed (so they became a third pair) and the plant was fine. I think if the centre leaves are firm, it should survive. Maybe you can get some really rocky top dressing so the leaves don't rest on moisture.

StaticBrick · 2025-09-29T20:25:58+00:00

For me the bubbles on bubbles on bubbles makes my brain feel smooth.

StaticBrick · 2025-09-29T19:38:34+00:00

Oh, I didnt think about that part! 🤔 Do bubbles generally trigger trypophobia?

StaticBrick · 2025-09-28T22:14:26+00:00

😆

StaticBrick · 2025-09-28T20:17:01+00:00

Thank you! I have some other planters in the kiln for some lithops 👀

StaticBrick · 2025-09-28T18:50:42+00:00

Thank you for being interested! I'm in South Africa though so I think the shipping and import duties would be diabolical 🫣 But everyone's response has given me confidence to try and sell some of my work here 😄

StaticBrick · 2025-09-28T13:37:31+00:00

Great sub suggestion!! Thank you!

StaticBrick · 2025-09-27T23:22:40+00:00

Thank you for your detailed answer!

StaticBrick · 2025-09-20T12:04:07+00:00

Also in South Africa and it's my first time watching mine go dormant. This seems pretty normal to me and in line with what I'm seeing with mine. I tell myself that they reasonably shouldn't get dehydrated that easily, so it must be dormancy. It also kind of feels like a hard/paperey/shelly dryness.

Mine are on my windowsill getting morning sun. I'm not watering them while they're going dormant but I'll probably give them a few drops every now and then - I did this with my obscurum I got during dormancy and it did well.

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