I don't even know what she is (PVN???) but she's basically smushing herself against this light. I've measured the light where she is at 23,000 lux and she seems happy enough but I want to know if this is normal. She gets a complete drenching every 6-8 weeks and her soil is 50/50 perlite and potting soil. I haven't noticed any rot but 3rd pic is 4 months' worth of dead leaves I plucked off her and her children.
Also taking name suggestions for her as she is one of my favorites, even if her hunger for light frightens me
by Spainstateofmind
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Echeverias are super light hungry. Mine are getting etiolated under my grow lights, while other types of succulents and sedums right next to them are getting sunstressed.
She seems extremely happy so doesn’t seem like you’re doing anything wrong. Might want to introduce some air flow if you haven’t already. Otherwise you may have to eventually find her a bigger space when she smooshes up against the grow light, but that’s a later problem.
Yeah, echeverias are super light-hungry; growing into the lights is their favorite activity. Your plant looks extremely healthy, though! I think this might be a Dusty Rose instead of a PVN, based on the leaf shape, but I’m not totally sure
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Pvn’s would reach for the sun if they could…. They always want all the light
Bottom leaves on succulents age out and get reabsorbed by the plant to support growth.
That’s not many dead leaves for 4 months lol. Your plants looks super healthy so keep doing what you’re doing
I too have one of these beauties (and her three babies) and they are my favorite. Don’t tell the others. Just reiterating what others have said, they love light. Yours looks healthy and happy and the leaf shed seem normal and in line with what I have experienced as well.
wait we are only supposed to water once every two months?! mine is outdoors… is it the same goes for outdoor succulents?
Might need to be in actual succulent soil, which is grittier than reg soil mixed with perlite.
It’s levitating