light browning spots..help & advice needed!

13 years ago

Hi there! I'm another newbie here, in faraway land, Singapore. That said, hot and humid. I'm obsessed with succulents and with only 5 days into this new hobby, I've bought 15 little succies. I don't have an ID on them yet. I'm not only new to succulents, but I'm new to gardening and soil and all that.

Saying that, I have a few problem but the major one is in the next photo. brown spots are turning up and the leaves looking a little shrivelly... My window is facing slightly off north, they get sunlight for a few hours a day then shade. I haven't watered them since the first day I got them and repotted. The pots have drainage holes(except the jar) and I have a layer of rocks below for drainage too. My soil is a volcanic soil/compost with some perlite and coconut husks(shreds not the chunks).

Somehow...they don't look too happy.... :( and that makes me sad. I've been reading up on blogs and websites but I don't know how much it would apply since most writers are in the States.

I would appreciate any help and advice. Would love to see my succulents happy and flourish.

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chefpinky
Original Author
13 years ago
Here's the problem succie..
cybunnies123
13 years ago
That one looks like it's stretching for light. If you bought it that way then there's really nothing to do about that except cutting the top off and rooting it but I personally haven't had any luck with that. It also looks like it might be getting sunburnt if it's in direct sunlight, they don't like direct sun. But seeing you have it in a pot with other plants there's not really a way to prevent that unless you remove it and put it somewhere that doesn't get direct sun. Or you could just move the whole pot to an area without direct sun but still with bright light, the others might like some direct sun though. :/ Just a bit of water might help too.

This post was edited by cybunnies123 on Thu, Aug 1, 13 at 1:46
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chefpinky
Original Author
13 years ago
Hi cybunnies,

Thank you! I will try that. The sunlight moves with the time of day so they don't get hard direct sunlight. But I'll take more note of the position. It was already in that position when I got it.

I just watered them some this afternoon. But in your opinion, do the rest of the succulents look ok? I have a hard time judging them.