I’m very attached to these little babies because they’re the first succulent that I really cared for and they thrived. I’ve cared for this succulent for well over two years and all has been good. About a month/6 weeks ago I noticed that one of them wasn’t looking too good and next thing you know it turned black and was past the point of return. These last two are getting smaller and more wrinkly and the leaves are squishy. They were on the kitchen window sill and then I moved them to my room. They were there for I want to say 6 months before they started to decline. The Planta app told me that they were in too dark of a spot in my room and so I moved them back to the kitchen. I’ve taken these two out (I didn’t do anything to the roots) let them sit for a few days and I repotted them in fresh soil about two weeks ago but they just keep declining. I haven’t watered them for fear of making it worse. There is a drainage hole in the pot. My little herb garden on my balcony has recently become an all you can eat buffet for caterpillars that I unfortunately wasn’t able to stop and now I have nothing to show for out there. I know that there will be highs and lows in gardening and caring for plants but this is about to send me over the edge 😭😭😭
by TallTown96
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Second picture is of them in their hay day 🥲
Succulents thrive on bright light and neglect. They can easily be loved to death. Try propagating some leaves individually to add back to it later and def use a low level succulent fertilizer and see if that helps but if they’re mushy and rotting they’re def too wet. Try amending the soil and fertilizing and bright light and less water and see how they do
I think you’ve overwatered. I find the Planta app always tells me to water too early. I normally snooze the water reminder a few days if not a whole week sometimes.
Over watering them and your pot is MASSIVELY too big. The general rule of thumb is keep the pot 2-3 inches larger than the root ball. I would repot in a 3 or 4 inch pot using a sandy, succulent soil. Secondly, don’t use scheduling for watering. Use a general time frame and test the soil with your finger to see how wet it is and go based off that. I think setting general reminders for it is fine, however
To have better success with either repotting these again or with their replacement, use terracotta pots with drainage, and a high grit soil. Or you can make your own. Even if you use a packaged succulent soil, add more grit to it-perlite, pumice, etc. Only water when soil is totally dry. Then drench it.
I just lost mine 😞
Try a grow light. My jade plants love it!