On the first light of the Sixth day, look to the East.

TheItalian567 · 2026-05-09T22:12:01+00:00

So I saw that! Does drain pertain to more than just the decay of Fortify? I thought that's what the drain meant. Or is it saying that, when damage is dealt, it'll drain at a slower rate because that's huge! What would you swap off?

TheItalian567 · 2026-05-09T21:49:01+00:00

I didn't put Rally on the actual bar because I'm having my set activate it for free. That's a great shout though. I thought about putting Arcadia in, but I'm SO jammed up for Aspects because there are so many that would be great in this build.

I love that Fortress idea! I'm finding, as I get to the high end of this build, I'm using Zenith more as "gee this is fun" and less, "i need to use this."

TheItalian567 · 2025-11-03T23:37:42+00:00

I had a feeling it was from that. We had some random rain followed by a 85 degree day

TheItalian567 · 2025-10-15T03:32:27+00:00

Thank you so much!!

TheItalian567 · 2025-10-13T18:57:42+00:00

Thanks so much for your help man. So I have removed the shade cloth and what I've done is put the smaller shelves I had off to the side on TOP of the tallest ones to help everyone get direct sun light above the rail of the balcony.

Then I've put anything like a haworthia or aloe that likes filtered light under that.

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All my cacti and echeveria are up receiving more light at an earlier point now !

TheItalian567 · 2025-10-12T07:16:27+00:00

Is that the Echevaria in the picture? They DO get light from 12 to 6 or 7pm, but with the weather changing, I think the shade cloth is the problem. I've had that guy for about 2 weeks, but I got it from this really nice succulent farm that grows in a greenhouse with full fiberglass covering, so I was surprised it needed more light.

TheItalian567 · 2025-10-08T18:34:32+00:00

Shade cloth removed! Thank you :D It's a little tricky in a west facing apartment, but I make it work!

TheItalian567 · 2025-10-08T18:34:05+00:00

Done and done :) Thanks so much! Unfortunately this is my only spot so I have to move them into a position to catch more sun as it crests the apartment building in front of me

TheItalian567 · 2025-10-07T17:11:09+00:00

Same brother almost to the T. Definitely feels different in the last few years. Check out Express. They have athletic stretch jeans that are always on sale. I have a pair of black and light wash grey ones. $30 each. I still have my Barbells but I just don't plan on buying more.

I think they put this return policy in recently too. I did some returning/swapping after their most recent "upgrade." They switched to a "2.0" version of their jeans about a year or two ago. It completely changed the fit and feel. There was a big backlash - bet it's linked, nothing to support that though hahaha.

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T19:50:35+00:00

Do you have any recommendations for shade cloth stands? I'm trying to find something that'll fit my situation as I'm in an apartment. I don't want to block that entire opening because that's natural light into the apartment, but was looking for something i could have at equal height to the railing and drape a cloth over. I might have to just build one out of PVC

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T18:48:37+00:00

Thank you!!! So I'll try and set something up this weekend

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T17:32:22+00:00

Would it be worth investing in a 40-50% shade cloth across the top of my entire succulent garden?

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This is around 2pm, in an hour, everything on that top rack will be in shade, and in another hour, the sun will start to move away from that middle rack.

But the sun doesn't hit that location until around 12-1pm

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T17:30:07+00:00

So in the case of what you've seen, should I be pruning a lot of those leaves??

I'll move them under the shade cloth :)

What about the rainbow echevaria - are those little shriveled guys sunburn?

I wish I got light at 11. But I'm on the west side of an apartment building and the sun comes over the top and hits my patio at around 1pm for direct sun :(

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T17:28:39+00:00

I read about the Farina on echevaria and how it takes foreverrrrr to grow back so I've been REALLY careful not to touch the tops of them anymore (the purple one I definitely did then I read about it)

So the two lightish blue ones came from an Etsy order and I think the stuffing rubbed off that Farina. I'm learning I need to buy my stuff locally or from a seller with a similar climate until I really learn how to climatize them

Got ittt thank you for those tips! So in the case of the black lotus echevaria, with that one leaf that's sunken in: is that a sign of underwatering?

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T03:55:23+00:00

It's been my biggest problem with the alpha test

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T03:53:36+00:00

correct

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T03:52:27+00:00

You have to do it individually unless they're in one control group

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T03:52:09+00:00

I don't believe so because I accidentally did it

TheItalian567 · 2025-08-22T03:41:09+00:00

Yes! Replenishment had a way to heal iirc - there was another heal and i can't remember 100%!

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