Your first plant is extremely etiolated - difficult to ID in this shape. Soil - very little visible in your photos - may be water retaining? I doubt that so little water would it make so wet looking. How long since you watered before this watering? Succulents should be watered more than just a tsp or 2 at the time; but soil needs to drain well, containers should have drainage hole(s). They booth need good sunlight, so not sure about covering windows. BUT I don't know how much sun you get thru the windows.

I would suggest putting your plants in the window and keeping their conditions a lot drier. The soil looks like the kind that stays wet for too long. It would be best to take them out of the plastic pots and find some small clay pots for them, or at least a lot more holes, so they dry out faster. Watering by the spoonful is not a good way: they need to be watered really well, and then to dry out very quickly. That's why you need the right soil.

The tall one looks like pulling off the leaves damaged it. Maybe try to start again by cutting it back. Chop it right above the first little offshoot.

You have to change several things, but the plants can be healthy again. Good luck!

My panda plant has only 3 drainage holes, the pot seems to be from Ikea. While my other succulent does not have any drainage holes. How should I water them exactly? The guy I bought these from told me to only water with a syringe, only a few drops will do and so I did the same with both because he said both needs the same care. I am quite unsure what soil he used for these plants.

I've stopped pulling the leaves when there are no dying leaves left. Should I not do that in the first place and let the dying leaves fall itself? The picture below is how much light it receives for a few hours.

You told me to chop right above the first offshoot you meant this? And what should I do next?

Unfortunately, you got taken in by someone who just wants to sell more succulent cuttings. Because these can go a long time without water and still look pretty good, they are ideal things to sell to people who won't come back months later with a dead or dying plant, assuming the fault was in their care. Advice to water by syringe is the clincher for me. That's not how plants need to be watered, ever.

Succulents need a thorough watering and then for their soil to quickly dry out, which is why so many of us here use a rocky, gritty media or add lots of perlite to our potting soil, which keeps it from retaining too much water. Terra cotta helps. Plastic keeps water in.

The little guy you have need to be in a pot with holes. It needs to be dry most of the time, and then watered fully, not just given enough drops of water to survive. There's a deluge of false information out there from people trying to make a buck off of the inexperience of others, it gets me so frustrated.

Your plant is still alive and, honestly, growing the best it can in the conditions it was given. So it's totally fixable! Others may chime in with something helpful, but my advice: change the pot (terra cotta), change the soil (find some perlite), and chop the plant down hard (see photo, I advise at least at 1, but if you're not willing, 2). It will branch out, and grow more crowns. Water when the soil is bone dry, and when you do, water all the way, until water comes out of the bottom of the pot. Lots and lots of light. As much as you can give it.

The second photo is not of your plant, but grows similar to how your plant should look: there should not be much, if any, space between the leaves. It should be compact, no visible stem. You can do that!

Oh my gosh, I didn't know that? The guy was so nice to me, gifted me the panda plant and recently he gifted me another pair of the same plant with the same problem.. I'm pretty conflicted here as to him probably trying to make money out of me when he gifted 2 plants. But in any case, I need to save my plant. Thank you so much for the information by the way!

So here comes the questions.. I have bought terracotta pots before and it only has one hole, but it is a small 8cm diameter pot. Is that ok to use? I'm glad at least my plant is not dying. Will the plant be okay given indirect bright sunlight or directly? I live in an apartment. After cutting off the stem into 2, will both still be usable? And the watering method is as you described after repotting? These are the gifted succulent recently. Should I be doing the same cuttings on them?

Where I was in Malasia, also Thailand, Philippines, I had the impression that the light was not as strong as what I was used to in Californiq. I think your plants would do well in full sun there. If you try it, increase the light gradually.

Thank you so much for these information wow! So many things that I've learnt here. I was taught that my succulents don't need too much sun, just indirectly is enough. I used to put it under direct sun, through the windows I have but the tip of the leaves were a little burnt so I added a cloth on the window instead. I have begin to propagate my panda just in case too.

I have a few questions after reading through what Rina wrote here. After I do all the cuttings needed to be done, do I need to pluck off the leaves from both cuttings? In your picture the stem seems to be bare except for the new babies.

You also said that after the cuttings, I shouldn't water them unless they show roots or babies growing? Not even a few spritz of water? Why is that exactly?

I think that is all the questions I have for now. I can't wait to do all these!

Most succulents will happily take several hours of full sun. Even the ones that don't like it can acclimate. They get sun from sunrise to about 2pm every day, then very bright light until sundown. I even have some orchids getting this light.

The reason you don't spray the cutting is because it cannot take in water without roots. Getting it wet only creates an environment that might rot your plant, not encourage it to send out roots in search of water.

Most of the plants in the photo below are watered the same: I water them heavily, they take about 48 hours to dry completely, and then they stay dry for the next 5-7 days, and then I water them thoroughly again. I will lightly water the smaller pots when I spray my orchids, as they begin to look thirsty. I also water more often in the heat of summer. But when it's cool as it is now, they stay mostly dry for a week or more.

Let us know how it goes!!

Sam

I prefer not to spray succulents. Some water may collect in the rosettes and could cause rotting. But some ppl do...I guess if they are in warm environment and there is very good air circulation, it could be OK because they will dry faster. I do not like to take chances and don't want to bother checking them constantly, so I don't.

Rootless cuttings - stems or leaves - have quite a bit of water stored inside. That is why they will survive. And without roots, hey can't absorb water.

Few of my photos are showing parts of stems (with roots, left after beheading). Some had few leaves that are left on stems. Some didn't, and they still may grow. I would leave any healthy leaves on, but would take off any that look water logged. Here is another plant that was beheaded and stem was lest in soil, with few leaves on it. It also had already 2 small plants growing from the root ball, visible at soil line. Leaves that are big, at the top, were left on stem. Everything else is new growth: