It would help to know how you care for your Fockea - how much sun, what type of potting mix, how much water?

I have a Fockea capensis, not the same but I believe they take the same care. Mine gets a lot of sun and is planted in a very fast draining mix of pumice, lava, a bit of Turface, and some chicken grit. It pretty much stops growing in the winter but it doesn't lose all its leaves. I don't water it very often in the winter, maybe a light watering every couple of weeks, and start watering it more as it starts to grow in the spring. It spends the summer outside.

Here's a link to more info: http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCCULENTS/Family/Asclepiadaceae/11329/Fockea_edulis

thanks for your reply! My fockea is in a bright room without direct sun. I’ve been watering it once a week and wonder whether I need to increase the amount each time. I tried watering from the bottom this morning and it took up the water very quickly (there are roots visible from the holes in the pot).

The potting mix is simply what it arrived in as I only purchased him a few weeks ago. Thanks again 🙂

I don't think I'd increase watering. Mine is out in a lot of sun right now, in a very fast draining mix, and probably is getting water/rain about once a week. No more often than every 5 days or so, but it is actively growing now. Yours would need less since it is not growing now.

I would make sure it's potted in a fast draining mix, maybe cactus mix with a lot of perlite added. I'd also move it into a spot with more sun, not just indirect light, but get it used to more sun gradually so it doesn't burn.

I'm in Connecticut, and right now mine is outside getting direct sun from about 9:00 a.m. until about 2 or 3:00 p.m. Filtered sun after that.

If it's in a very peaty mix and has gotten dried out, it is possible that the mix has become hydrophobic and isn't readily absorbing water. If that's the case, it would need to be soaked for a bit to re-wet it. If that's the case, the mix would be feel dry and be pulling away slightly from the inside of the pot.

Thank you! Im in the UK so I’m not sure it would cope outside. I’ve moved it a few inches over to a brighter spot and if this doesn’t help I will move it to a different room.

The soil feels very loose to the touch And doesn’t harden to pull away, so I think it is pretty well draining. Fingers crossed it’s just the light 🤞

I'm not sure how UK weather would be for it. Our night temperatures have been as low as the low 40's (Fahrenheit) lately, days as high as 85°F and it's been fine outside.

Don't think I would have chosen to have it out for a night as cold as the low 40's, but, it happened, and it seems fine :-)

Thank you so so much for your help! I’m going to start taking it outside on dry days for some extra sun. We haven’t been as cold as 40 for a while now, but a lot of rain recently.

Sounds good, just make sure to move it into sun gradually :-)

Thank you! Could this be from the shock of moving from the environment at the store to my house? It hasn’t dropped below about 18 degrees Celsius (64 Fahrenhei) since I’ve had him.

So, after 9 days of the new position my fockea is giving mixed messages! The ends of all the long vines have dropped off and some older looking branches have done the same, but there is loads of new growth starting from the newly exposed ends 🤷🏻‍♀️. I’m hoping this means the conditions are better and it is just shedding the old. It now has about 3 hours of fairly direct sun in the morning aland I’m watering from the bottom every 5 days.