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Please help ID and care!!

10 years ago

Please help me ID my plant! Idk what kind he is, I believe he's a succulent but I'm not sure. I saved him from a classroom when a teacher left, please help me ID so I can take care of him right. Thank you!!

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  • 10 years ago

    Not a very good photo, but it looks like a hardy succulent to me, maybe Sedum 'Autumn Joy' or similar. It should be grown outdoors, in good light. It is growing 'wonky' because the growing conditions are not very good.

  • 10 years ago

    Should it be outside even if the weather is getting colder-?

  • 10 years ago

    More photos if it helps

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Yes, if I am correct, this is a hardy succulent that should overwinter outdoors, snow and cold is no problem for these plants. What is your general location?

    Thank you for additional photos, and yes it is plant I suggested.

    The soil is looking very fine and it may cause problems with drainage - that would be same for plants indoors and outdoors. You should get a bag of perlite and mix it 50/50 with the soil to improve drainage. And the container should have drainage holes - does it?

  • 10 years ago

    The container has drainage holes, and you're right I watered it and it seems to have retained A LOT. I'm afraid to repot it for fear of it falling apart, and I live near Lake Michigan so snowy and very cold winters as of late.

  • 10 years ago

    I didn't pot it, I found it as is. This weekend I'll look into different soil, how do I properly repot? Also yes I do have access to outdoors but if it snows a lot should I keep it on a porch?

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Rina, yes, it's definitely Sedum spectabile, most likely 'Autumn Joy' and is one of the backbones of garden flowering plants during our UK Autumn season. It's one for outdoors unless you live at the North Pole! It's just not designed to be indoors, it will take snow, hail, rain, wind and ice...it's common name here in the UK.....Ice plant! Mine have endured -17C winters and feet of compacted snow, no problems at all, they laugh at it, which for a very juicy and succulent plant seems very unusual doesn't it! It amazes me at its resilience, it always bounces back, the only problem is that it can be a slug and snail magnet, so beware Rebecca :-0

    Good you saved it, but best you plant it/keep it where it will grow. It will turn to mush and disappear underground come the frosts and colder days and grow twice as big again in spring!

    Gill

    rebeccalugo21 thanked greenclaws UK, Zone 8a
  • 10 years ago

    How do I keep slugs and snails off? I'm noticing little holes in the leaves since I put my plant outside

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    If it is slug or snail damage you should be able to detect their telltale slime trails. If not, then it's another pest doing the damage. Slug pellets, though not always bird friendly work well and roughly crushed eggshells and sharp edged gravel can help deter slugs or snails....anything that's sharp or dessicating to the molluscs underside will deter them.

    Will you be able to alter the soil before winter?

    Gill

  • 10 years ago

    There isn't any trails so maybe something else is doing it? And yes I should be able to relatively soon