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succulent ID and help

12 years ago

Hi, i'm a newbie here at Garden Web. Just looking for some insight, can anyone ID this succulent for me?
Also I bought it last spring and it has been doing pretty well but over the last few months the stem and leaves suddenly started turning red. And then i saw a new baby growing! I'm just wondering if the red is normal. And if I should repot it? Trim it? Do anything to it at all? It has been in my bathroom the whole time where there is a big skylight (pics to follow) Thanks in advance!

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  • 12 years ago

    this pic was taken in January of this year

  • 12 years ago

    it started turning red in March

  • 12 years ago

    and this is how it looks today.

  • 12 years ago

    two babies are growing .. .and i dont know if you can see it but some of the leaves of the mother are starting to look wrinkled. what does that mean?

  • 12 years ago

    and lastly, my bathroom where it has been growing (in the hanger coming from the skylight)

  • 12 years ago

    its stretching out like that cause its not getting enough sun so it is stretching searching for more light, u can let the babies pup out by themselves or remove them if you wish its up to you. the best thing to do is to behead the plant and replant the rosette into its own pot after letting it dry for a few days and allow the left over plant to just do its thing until it grows new rosettes, but the most important thing is this plant needs LOTS of SUN! or it will try to find it by stretching out of its normal shape until it finds it!
    but don't worry many of the mistreated plants i've found and taken in for my collection aren't how there suppose to look, I just think it gives them some character and when they form back to normal as best they can I behead and prop them in there own pot, but I haven't really gotton that down to perfection yet lol!
    btw I noticed your plant holder doesn't really have drain holes that's a MUST have for succulent's along with a fast draining succulent & cacti mix soil with some added perlite for extra drainage so you might wanna think about switching to a different container and diff soil.

    happy growing and goodluck

  • 12 years ago

    ^ Yep!

  • 12 years ago

    Thanks for your help Kittiekat! I have a few more questions for you now though. lol. When i cut the rosette off how much of a stem should i leave on it, if any? How many days should i let the rosette dry before planting in a new pot? Should it dry in the sun? Should i just remove the babies and plant them in the same pot as the mother rosette? How many hours of sunlight a day do you think the plant needs? (I guess what its getting from the skylight isn't enough) Sorry for all the questions! I just don't want to kill it!
    Oh and i have a cactus/succulent potting mix that i will use for this. Is perlite still needed? And I've read about activated charcoal, is that recommended for succulents? And the "container" in these pics is a coconut shell which does have one hole on the bottom so the water has been able to drain. :)
    Thanks again!