Can someone please tell me what is happening? Some people say my echeveria needs water and other that doesn’t….
Are they eliotating?
What climate do you keep them in winter?
They need light , but YOU need to know when succulents are thirsty and how to look for signs of it. You’re 1000% overwatering if you don’t know whether or not it needs water. If the bottom leaves aren’t wrinkly, it’s not thirsty.
alyssajohnson1
Is the second slide it before? It is desperately in need of light
SmoothD3vil
As the other commenter said – it definitely needs more light and less water for now. It may be able to bounce back. Some questions for you:
What kind of soil is it in?
Did you remove the old nursery soil when you potted it?
Does the container have drainage? And what kind of container is it?
Is it indoors or outdoors?
Depending on your answers you may need to gently unpot it, check the roots, remove all the old soil, give it a good mix with !grit , and repot.
Some tips/notes – remove anything mushy. If that means having 2 leaves on a stem, that’s fine for now. You need to help the plant stabilize and re-establish before you can even consider something like chop and prop. Cover the top soil with a thin layer of lava gravel (that’s my preference anyways) so the stem will stay more dry. My advice to you is that when you do repot it, place it horizontally, not vertically. These plants can throw down roots from virtually anywhere and planting him sideways will give him the best stability. He’ll throw roots down the thin gravel layer and anchor into the soil. For now don’t water him for a WHILE. At least a week if not two. It’s a waiting game. He will give you signs he’s either bouncing back (you’ll begin to see roots or pups forming along the stem) or that he’s not doing well- squish, dry and vanish.
Because of the recovery stage he’s in giving him more light immediately will really hurt him so put him in a bright shaded spot- somewhere that gets good ambient light or dappled shade but is not directly in the sun – for the same amount of time you don’t water. If he’s bouncing back, after you water him (early morning or late afternoon only) place him somewhere a little brighter. The stronger he gets, the more light he can take. Try to give him dry warmth (not humid) but goof airflow – a fan or something like that. He could bounce back.
I’ll mention just one more thing that the ID tag says crestata which usually means it’s a crested succulent which is something a different “animal” than a none-crested succulent. That being said, I didn’t notice cresting from the photos you provided, do you have a better picture from when you got him?
My apologies for the long response but your ask for help triggered the helper in me 🤭 if you do have more questions or need some more guidance, feel free to ask! You got this!
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They need light , but YOU need to know when succulents are thirsty and how to look for signs of it. You’re 1000% overwatering if you don’t know whether or not it needs water. If the bottom leaves aren’t wrinkly, it’s not thirsty.
Is the second slide it before? It is desperately in need of light
As the other commenter said – it definitely needs more light and less water for now. It may be able to bounce back. Some questions for you:
What kind of soil is it in?
Did you remove the old nursery soil when you potted it?
Does the container have drainage? And what kind of container is it?
Is it indoors or outdoors?
Depending on your answers you may need to gently unpot it, check the roots, remove all the old soil, give it a good mix with !grit , and repot.
Some tips/notes – remove anything mushy. If that means having 2 leaves on a stem, that’s fine for now. You need to help the plant stabilize and re-establish before you can even consider something like chop and prop. Cover the top soil with a thin layer of lava gravel (that’s my preference anyways) so the stem will stay more dry. My advice to you is that when you do repot it, place it horizontally, not vertically. These plants can throw down roots from virtually anywhere and planting him sideways will give him the best stability. He’ll throw roots down the thin gravel layer and anchor into the soil. For now don’t water him for a WHILE. At least a week if not two. It’s a waiting game. He will give you signs he’s either bouncing back (you’ll begin to see roots or pups forming along the stem) or that he’s not doing well- squish, dry and vanish.
Because of the recovery stage he’s in giving him more light immediately will really hurt him so put him in a bright shaded spot- somewhere that gets good ambient light or dappled shade but is not directly in the sun – for the same amount of time you don’t water. If he’s bouncing back, after you water him (early morning or late afternoon only) place him somewhere a little brighter. The stronger he gets, the more light he can take. Try to give him dry warmth (not humid) but goof airflow – a fan or something like that. He could bounce back.
I’ll mention just one more thing that the ID tag says crestata which usually means it’s a crested succulent which is something a different “animal” than a none-crested succulent. That being said, I didn’t notice cresting from the photos you provided, do you have a better picture from when you got him?
My apologies for the long response but your ask for help triggered the helper in me 🤭 if you do have more questions or need some more guidance, feel free to ask! You got this!