Thank you for responding!

We've had some crazy weather as of late. A TON of rain...so when that clears up I will get it some more sun.

Do you know if the lack of sunlight is also the cause of the change in form? And by form I mean the distance between "leaves." While I'm thinking about it...on a succulent...are they even called leaves? LOL

Yes, lack of sunlight is really the cause of all the above. Inadequate light will cause etiolation, and that means increased distance between the leaves--long, gangly, unattractive growth. It changes the form of the plant.

Thank you so much!

Waited Raven and Tea Tree are right. Lack of direct light is what is causing the color change back to green as well. The red coloring comes from environmental stress (i.e. drought, heat and direct sun). You will find that to be true with most brightly colored succulents. The more stress you can provide, the brighter the red will be and the more compact the growth will be. I would cut back the long, spindly growth to where the original compact growth is, and place it outdoors. You can then stick the cut pieces in soil and within a few weeks, you'll have a new plant from each cut piece. :D
I have over 70 clumps of this plant in my garden and they were all started from cuttings from a single plant. They are easy to start from cut pieces. In fact, if you leave the cut pieces on your porch, you will see small roots beginning to form within a week or two, even without any soil.

Josh

Unless one is willing to , or unable to put this plant in the sun, it will remain green and stretched out. Is there an eve on the southern side of your house that you can put it under. That would be good if rain is a huge issue, and make sure that the soil is very gritty and no peat moss.. What area of the country do you live in. My plant in part shade in Central texas is green with barely red tips.. Our sun is brutal. I am moving mine into the sun. first all morning sun and then all afternoon sun. I am unsure if it will take the full day sun here so half day and partial shade the rest. My partial shade is very bright. It has red tips in partial shade all day.

sedums are tolerant of poor soil, extreme heat, chilly temperatures and drought. but they must have plenty of sunlight to grow attractively. eventually it will die from lack of sun

teen,

Is that an original statement or from a website?

Bright indirect light for many Sedums is sufficient for the plants to grow well.

it came stait from experience

I thought that my Sedum Little Gem needed lots of sun becaue it was a Sedum. I couldn't figure out why mine was dying until someone told me. Little Gem doesn't like a lot of sun. Now that it gets very little sun it is perking up and looks healthy again.

One needs to know each plant's particular needs as they can vary so widely. Generalizations are just that. With time, I am learning to "read" my plants better.

Penny

how much water should i use on them

Hard to say.

The amount of water needed is relative to the amount of sunlight and growth. This is also relative to the potting medium, pot size, size of the plant in there & the amount of roots.

I have a Crassula Coccinea campfire that broke off at the stem. What is the best way to prepare the part that fell off for rooting. Also, I noticed this on some of the leaves. What is it? How do I get rid of it? Thank you so much.

My pics are not submitting.

This thread is really old (2015), it is usually better to start a new one. But here are few questions:

why the part of plant fell off - did it just break because some mechanical/physical happening or it 'fell' off because of rotting? If healthy, I would take off few very bottom leaves to have bit of stem and stick it into fast draining mix. Warning: I never rooted this plant, but have some cuttings and am going to do exactly what I said, hoping it will work :)

Black spots on the leaves look fungal to me - what kind of soil/mix is it potted in? Is there a drainage hole in container? What kind of ligh is plant receiving?

The piece that fell off was because the blinds by the window hit it. Soil mix is cactus,succulent mix, some perlite, Turface MVP. Yes, drainage hole covered wirh a plastic grid then some rocks, soil, then the plant. Light is in west facing window. can move to south facing window. how do I treat this fungal disease? thank you. also planted in terrra cotta pot. watered only with rainwater, no fertilizer.

Your mix could be water-retaining. Ppl using cactus & succulents soil usually use lots of perlite - mixing them in 1:1 ratio. Here is photo of it from one of our members, Crenda:

I wouldn't use turface with soil (I use it in gritty mix that is made of equal amounts of grit ad sifted perlite, with only about 10-15% of turface). There is no need for layer of rocks in the bottom of pot. More sunlight you can supply for yor plant, better.

If it has fungal disease, it could be treated with fungicide. It is also imporant to figure out why: was it infected when purchased? Could it be over-watered?