Location – India
Hi, this is my orange guy. He has a succulent plant as hair. I dont know the plant. Got it from mahabaleshwar. I live in Pune.
Now my query:
The left picture is when i bought it, 1 month ago. 2nd picture is of today. Why does it look much light green now? The shop told me to drench it in water about once a week / when it gets very dry. The plant is now looking very light green, as compared to when i bought it. It was darker green then. Am i over watering it? Whats the fix and how do i know my plant is healthy?
Some information about it:
Dont know its name
Bought 1 month ago from mahabaleshwar, maharashtra. Now its in Pune.
I keep it on my study table in bright white led for about 6 hours a day.
Soil is 50% black-ish garden soil + 50% coco peat. Ive added small brick parts at the very bottom.
Thank you so much!
by Graceful-Mammoth
3 Comments
I would guess that it’s the light, you moved it into indoors LED, which isn’t as bright as the sun it was in, and it’s beginning to etiolate. It’s ‘reaching’ and underpigmented. Water is probably fine. You say it’s bright light, so it may be fine, it’s just adapting to the difference. If it gets lighter or reaches up more, you might think about putting it closer to the light or spending some time outside or in a window.
It’s a haworthia, not sure what species / variety. Usually when succulents grow tall and pale it’s because they’re not getting enough light. Your LED light may not be bright enough – see bot reply for !growlight advice. You may also be giving it too much water – it’s better to water when the plant needs it (soil completely dry and lower leaves soft) instead of on a set schedule.
It’s a haworthia of some kind. It’s probably not getting enough light.
Is it planted straight into that pot? With no drainage holes? In which case it will also be sitting far too wet.
If it’s in an inner plastic pot (which it should be) then take out the inner pot, water by the sink, and let it drip dry for a while before putting back in the decorative plastic pot.
If it isn’t in an inner plastic pot it will need one, so you can lift it out to water and make sure it doesn’t sit in water pooled in the pot.
Once a week is also probably a bit frequent in a glazed ceramic pot, they need to dry out properly between waterings and while terricotta pots breathe and dry faster, glazed pots retain water and dry slower.