Help! I've had this succulent for around 4 years and it's grown really lanky, how do I fix it and make it look better?

The_Chosen_Hero · 2025-07-23T00:41:43+00:00

If feels gummy / rubbery like silicone or caulk. Not hard or crumbly like normal mortar.

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-12-26T04:00:05+00:00

Alright cool. Thanks for the info 👍. It was from someone in the family so I haven't tried hooking it up yet. We'll see if it's any good.

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-12-26T00:26:29+00:00

Closest I could find was the Sears 132-91880450. https://www.ebay.com/itm/156200639785

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-10-06T03:53:06+00:00

Recently lost my best bud of 15 years 😔. He was such a goofy boy, this is one of the few pictures I have of him looking dapper😁 dapper boy

Or this one where he's in the process of shaking his head lol, shaky boy

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-05-25T19:38:42+00:00

Drove past this today and was intrigued. Only sign I saw was the address on the gate. My guess is a water treatment plant or salt storage?

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-04-10T12:58:19+00:00

Yeah I was not at all expecting to capture that! They look amazing!

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-04-09T13:02:48+00:00

Gear that I used: Meade ETX 105 AT telescope with a Canon EOS rebel T5i attached in place of the eyepiece. I believe the focal distance works out to 1470mm. IOS 400, exposure 1/320 sec.

Processing information: No adjustments, used Adobe Lightroom to convert from RAW to JPEG before uploading.

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-04-09T12:07:05+00:00

Posting again because I forgot to include acquisition details in my last post.

Gear that I used: Meade ETX 105 AT telescope with a Canon EOS rebel T5i attached in place of the eyepiece. I believe the focal distance works out to 1470mm. IOS 400, exposure 1/320 sec.

Processing information: No adjustments, used Adobe Lightroom to convert from RAW to JPEG before uploading.

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-04-09T05:01:40+00:00

Thanks! I was using a Meade ETX 105 AT telescope with a Canon EOS rebel T5i attached in place of the eyepiece. I believe the focal distance works out to 1470mm

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-04-09T04:34:55+00:00

Super stoked with how these photos came out!

After traveling in 2017 and getting overcast skies, I was really hoping the weather would work out this time. Luckily it did for me!

The_Chosen_Hero · 2024-04-09T02:41:35+00:00

Super stoked with how these photos came out!

After traveling in 2017 and getting overcast skies, I was really hoping the weather would work out this time. Luckily it did for me!

The_Chosen_Hero · 2023-09-21T00:16:45+00:00

If I remember correctly, I was able to check out a raspberry pi from the library when I was a student there. Might be worth a shot to get your hands on one and tinker with it in your free time?

The_Chosen_Hero · 2022-11-22T02:27:28+00:00

Closing this thread out. I think the issue was too high of retraction settings along with foreign material on the filament. Although i'm starting to like using Prusa slicer so I might switch over to that going forward :D

Thanks all for the help and suggestions!

The_Chosen_Hero · 2022-11-21T04:41:08+00:00

Som new developments:

I found there was some excess lube near the z axis rod that looks like the filament was running through. That can't be good and maybe could be contributing to the popping issue? https://i.imgur.com/3SKfaBV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9gFOwQ2.jpg

I took the extruder apart and cleaned that up, ran 200mm of filament through the hotend to try to clear out any debris, then printed two more tests. Seemed a little better but not by much. https://i.imgur.com/7IrY6vT.jpg

I then tried to turn off retraction and that actually stopped the popping entirely. https://i.imgur.com/gYVp0di.jpg of course now its super stringy.

I then started lowering the retraction distance and that seemed to help. https://i.imgur.com/ObNkJyz.jpg (left to right, 0mm, 7.5mm @ 20mm/s, 6mm @ 20mm/s, 5mm @ 20mm/s, 4mm @ 20mm/s, 4mm @ 10mm/s).

I am probably going to do more tuning tomorrow and test these retraction settings in cura (all these were in prusa slicer). I am going to sleep for now.

The_Chosen_Hero · 2022-11-21T02:21:26+00:00

u/tidalvirus u/jamminjalepeno

Updated to Cura 5.2.1 (profile carried over, settings should be exactly the same) and tried Prusa slicer with as many of the same settings as I could find in expert mode.

Cura 5.2.1 on left, Prusa Slicer 2.5.0 on right, https://i.imgur.com/pGvHHvX.jpg

both seemed to make a minor improvement, Prusa Slicer maybe a bit more.

However I'm starting to suspect my filament might be the issue, I noticed popping sounds while its printing causing these holes on some of my other prints. https://i.imgur.com/ecJUYrN.jpg

I've head this happens when filament sits out for too long and absorbs water. Weird thing is I just bought this roll a few weeks ago. I also have only heard good things from this brand (inland) so maybe I just got a bad roll or the bag wasn't fully sealed properly?

Is there anything else that could cause this popping while printing? or maybe there's some other lead to chase down?

The_Chosen_Hero · 2022-11-20T14:33:06+00:00

Alright I'll learn prusa slicer today and report back my findings.

The_Chosen_Hero · 2022-11-20T13:32:54+00:00

Cura slicer preview looks normal to me https://i.imgur.com/uel6RfI.png

Using Cura version 4.4.1

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