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Hi,

Don't know where you heard this "thicker the plant leaf the less water it needs," sorry to say it's not correct.

First & most important, does the pot have a drainage hole? That is a MUST, not negotiable.

Then you'll need to pls. read up on better mixes, meaning less water retentive. Then the plant needs more light.

Once you correct the pot, the mix & slowly increase the amount of light it gets, it should improve.

Also, how often are you watering, maybe too often?

Hard to ID the plant, it's so stretched out from straining to find more light.

If you click on the picture it goes to the correct size. The pot has a drainage hole and I bought soil that is recommended for them (cactus / citrus soil). The plant actually sits in the sun during the day.

I water a little less than once every two weeks

That soil was maybe recommended, but it looks water retaining. Unortunately, bagged soil is more often than not like that. Ppl that use it, mix in about 50% of perlite (or pumice).

If in soil like that, roots end up sitting in muck. It also looks like pot is quite deep - that wouldn't be a problem, except that it holds more soil, and it takes much longer to dry up.

Is the plant 'in sun' indoors? How close to the window? Outdoors light is stronger than indoors, and what looks like 'enough', may not be. Good air circulation helps too, as glazed pots will take bit longer to dry up.

It's also been potted too deeply in the pot earlier on, all plants need to have their soil level higher up than shown. This is one reason why they begin to stretch out like this has when smaller, along with obvious low light levels in general.

Gill

Thank you. Also I've only had this plant for 2 weeks.

Thank you for being nice about it! I can't believe I got rude responses. I'm just learning!!

Rude responses? Sorry, but I can't see those :-) Am I missing something? Sometimes we can find it a bit frustrating to see requests for the same thing time and time again.....whats killed my cactus, wrong soil, pots with no holes, etc etc, so perhaps replies can on occasion seem condemning of ppls practices, but then it's known as constructive criticism :-)

In writing a reply, it can often come across in a different context than when using the spoken word so can, occasionally, be construed wrongly.

I honestly can't say any replies shown above are bad....really?

Gill

tyleigh

Pls. tell us which respons (ses) did you find rude. I am sure none were meant that way, but if you did feel any were, poster would for sure want to know.

Since you've only had the plant two weeks, it's probably stretched (etiolated) from its previous home. How many hours of direct sun does it get with you? Be careful with direct sun on a plant that appears to not have had much in the past. It can sunburn. I'd start with an hour or two and increase it by the same every week or so.

I might be Graptosedum 'Vera Higgins' or 'Alpenglow,' or maybe a Sedeveria, many of which, in my experience, tend to grow a bit leggy anyway. I'm in gloomy western Oregon. Growers in sunnier parts of the country might get more compact rosettes from them.

I also think you'll have more success in a smaller pot (about 1/2 to 1/3 that size). Shallower pots are better because there's no deep potting medium to stay wet when the rest is dry. Succulents rot easily in wet medium. I'd also fill the pot up to about 1/4" to 1/2" of the rim- just enough rim above the soil so water and soil don't go over the edge when handling of watering the plant.

I'd suggest mixing your current mix with an equal amount of perlite. You can even use more perlite than soil. Perlite doesn't absorb water, so this mix will dry much quicker and help prevent t rot. Only water it when the top 1/3 to 1/2 of the soil is dry. What you're really trying to do is to prevent the bottom of the medium from staying too wet, but it's very hard to feel that far down in the pot, so letting the top 1/3 to 1/2 dry usually works. Once you have a feel for how the soil dries and water is used during different seasons, you'll be able to adjust that (watering more when the plant is actively growing).

Succulents as a very general rule grow more in fall and spring, and are mostly dormant in the hottest part of summer and darkest part of winter. It's during dormancy that they're most susceptible to over-watering. Watch for active growth to help guide your watering schedule.

Succulents are also more tolerant of cooler temperatures than most tropical houseplants. If your weather hasn't gotten cold yet, it might be happier outside where there's more sunshine and plenty of air movement to dry the soil faster. Mine are outside until the threat of frost. Not all succulents are exactly the same though, so knowing when to bring one in can be tricky.

If you keep in mind that these plants are adapted to very dry and sunny conditions, you'll be able to judge many of their needs.

Thank you!!! Very helpful information

yeah, looks like 'Vera Higgins', which is a nice plant.

Hmm... I received one of these from a friend... It looked just like yours until I beheaded it.. Good luck!