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Succulent growing tall

10 years ago

Hi, so about two weeks ago i bought this succulent, a Echeveria I think, and it's growing to tall and losing the cool spiral it makes because of poor light as I've been reading in similar posts on this forum, so can someone help me and tell me what to do? Thanks and greetings from Costa Rica.

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  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Victor

    Welcome,..

    Your echeveria needs lots more light . Do you have access to outdoors - garden, balcony, terrace? If not, what is the sunniest window you have? If not, supplemental lighting would help - it may not be enough but definitely better.

    Unless your plant gets more light, it will continue growing in such etiolated way, and may loose some rich color too. Stretched stems will not return to what they should be, so solving light situation as soon as possible is important - any new growth will be more compact.

    I also noticed the container it is in - make sure there is drainage hole in it. You could drill it if there is none.

    Can't tell what kind of 'soil' it is potted in?

    There is another plant in glass jar - what plant is in it?

  • 10 years ago

    Hi, I do have access to a little outdoor garden but it's a shame since I wanted it to be an indoor plant but well...

    I drilled holes in the pot so that's fine, and I don't know what to tell you about the soil, it's in the same soil it was when i bought it and them i put some more regular soil when I put it in this larger pot.

    Is is possible to cut it so it will grow again and spread it? if so I would appreciate some instructions xD

    And the little one in the glass jar it's some succulent that cut (stole) from a larger one at someone else's house, it's long and hangs from the sides of the pot (the original one, mine it's to small)

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Victor

    It could be indoor but you would have to give it lots of light to grow compact; how much - it depends on how much light you get in the apartment. I would think minimum 6 hrs, or longer, under a light.

    There is lots of soil in that container, and I would suspect that it is quite fine, perhaps mostly peat. Fine soil stays wet for a long time, and that isn't good for succulents. More soil there is, longer it will take to dry out. So you should improve on the soil too: can you get perlite? If yes, mixing it with existing soil 50/50 would help.

    You could cut the top of the plant off and re-root it. Read the following thread, there are good tips and photos to show you how to do it (beheading a plant) -click here-

    The small succulent in the jar is not in good environment; it would be best if you take it out and stick into same mix as mentioned - the jar is a terrarium, too moist and humid for succulents.

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks, I'll do that and see how it goes