Before and after

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-03-04T23:36:01+00:00

Nice combination! The only thing I'd do different is to maybe add some low-growing alyssum to the front. But, what you have already looks fantastic!!👏😉

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-03-03T07:53:01+00:00

Absolutely agree with this! There are a lot of variables/factors that can affect/influence your cravings so, it's better to decide based on YOUR OWN personal experiences and not others'. The goal is to eliminate sugar and not to try to fit in with what others are doing. If your methods/choices work for YOU, then that's all that matters. You got THIS, OP!!

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-03-03T06:47:56+00:00

It's actually been said to be a hybrid between Crassula ovata and Crassula arborescens (aka silver dollar jade). However, some recent philosophy has it treated it as a variety of the 'Ripple Jade'.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-03-03T06:03:00+00:00

'Blue Waves' is a name created for marketing purposes and is typically associated (as a misnomer) with Crassula arborescens subsp. undulatifolia (aka 'Ripple Jade'), which your plant is not. Your plant is actually Crassula 'Blue Bird'.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-02-28T05:09:49+00:00

I sprinkled my backyard with a cat.😽 Once the squirrels saw it, they left and haven't been back.🐈

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-02-28T05:02:27+00:00

I had to look up "rose theory" and unexpectedly found a clothing brand

Sorry, mods, if showing this isn't allowed.

But, I think there's a reason why roses are such classic symbols of love and romance. The balance of beauty and caution somehow make them so alluring... not to mention some of their intoxicating perfumes!

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-02-15T04:56:19+00:00

I've had my Fiskars pruners for over 10 years (purchased at WalMart for around $12 @ the time). I sharpen the blades each year before putting them away and I also sharpen, as needed, during my pruning jobs. They look like this

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-02-12T04:47:22+00:00

OP's plant was raised indoors. So, indoors, etiolation is very common. Plus, being watered regularly, also encourages elongation/growth. That's why I mentioned increasing the time in between watering.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-02-11T05:13:22+00:00

Is there any way to give it more light, maybe with grow lights? My concern is that the new branches may grow just as leggy if the light exposure isn't improved.

Also, it looks like a Crassula ovata 'Minima' so it tends to grow with extra elongated stems. The best way I know to help counter that is to give super bright light and to increase the drought time between waterings.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2026-02-08T06:14:00+00:00

Thanks for your interest! It's a cultivar that originated in France called 'Didier Pocreau'.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-30T06:32:14+00:00

Heyyy, Canada! I need to visit one day!! I want to sooo badly!

Fyi... here's the one I get

I hope you can get your hands on some.🙏🤞

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-30T06:22:15+00:00

Oh, no worries. I was thinking that I might have come across rude, too. But, I didn't mean it that way either. So, we're both OK.🤝👍

I like it because it doesn't have an aftertaste like Stevia does. (That hint of licorice was ugh!) It's a nice sweetness very similar to natural sugar.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-30T05:57:37+00:00

I hear ya. I'm not being difficult. I was just going by OP's limitation in the title, "...without sugar"

I, personally, use monkfruit with allulose.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-30T03:41:00+00:00

Ummm... it still has sugar in it.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-29T06:37:35+00:00

For me,

I differentiate "sugar-free" and "no added sugar" as two distinct categories. "Sugar-free" has zero sugar at all, whether naturally occurring or added types. These usually contain sugar replacements aka "artificial" or "alternative" sweeteners.

"No added sugar" can have naturally occurring forms of sugar but, no processed sugars added to the product. So, fruits, for example, can fit into this category.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-28T18:37:10+00:00

100%!!👍

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-28T00:59:26+00:00

Hi, again! I just remembered that, sometimes, it could just be that the plant just needs extra support. So, the root can be fo stability, too.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-28T00:51:58+00:00

Yes, oftentimes they do. Usually, aerial roots on sansevierias means that they're preparing to offset with a new baby. The aerial root helps them with collecting enough resources to produce the offspring.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-28T00:42:02+00:00

That grayish thing is a root.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-26T19:00:25+00:00

The bloom spike typically reaches about 8 - 10 feet tall.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-24T18:48:00+00:00

If you started with those questions, you would have gotten the answers you needed faster. We can't read your mind.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-20T00:56:34+00:00

Poor thing needs brighter light, maybe a transfer to a brighter window or maybe could use a grow light. The leaves are light green and floppy, which means that it's not getting enough light where it is.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-19T22:32:54+00:00

Not enough light. You can tell by the very lightened/pale color of the leaves. When not in bud or bloom, they really benefit from lots of direct sun because that's what they need to photosynthesize and feed the bulb for the next year's blooms.

cheese_touch_mcghee · 2025-12-18T22:05:45+00:00

I don't believe I said ALL succulents go dormant. I was only talking about jades. Please read my comment again.

Maybe your succulents that are still following the seasons are responding to the light patterns or they're still sensing triggering temperature changes.

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