All my echeverias start out normal looking but after a few years they always end up looking like this. It's not etoliation. The leaves at the bottom just fall off eventually and new ones grow at te top. Is this inevitable or am i doing something wrong?
by RaidenFisher
6 Comments
Inevitable with maturity. Ensure they always get consistent light throughout the year to make sure there is no unwanted legginess, as sometimes seasonal changes without proper light can cause periods of leggy growth. But, beyond that, growing up and looking like this with age is normal for many echeveria.
Yep, this is how most of them grow in mature.
You can either chop & prop or let it be as it’s a sign of a healthy, long lived plant :).
sme of that is just age, honestly. echeverias don’t really stay in the perfect little rosette phase forever, especially after a few years of dropping older leaves and building a stem. more light can keep them tighter and slower to do this, but once they get into tiny succulent palm tree mode, i usually just chop and reroot the top when it starts looking too weird
I like the way it looks now. I enjoy letting them trail and grow a nice long trunk. But I can also understand liking the more compact look too.
Like that’s just what they do. If you want them compact just prune the rosettes off and plant them. It’s that simple. The stems will resprout so in a couple years you will have an army
Prop some leaves around the base to fill in the pot