First of all, in your climate you can probably get away with watering your succulents whenever you feel like it... it's warm enough that plants in well draining soil can probably tolerate almost daily watering in summers... yet in your moderate climate, you can also probably get away without watering any of them for weeks, if not months, at a time. More water = faster growth for you, that is about as tricky as it gets. Where I lived in inland Los Angeles most of my potted succulents were happy with however often I could water them as long as they were not over shade (which became a problem with time). Stuff in the ground (near pure clay) was a bit trickier, and those that could not tolerate clay took care of them selves soon enough... leaving all the tolerant ones behind to get whatever water they could from me... again, hard to overwater many of these depending upon which species you are talking about. Eg Never managed to overwater an Aeonium... they seem to tolerate about anything. Aloes are MOSTLY tolerant of a lot of water, but some exceptions (mostly the 'bluish' plants from extreme desert areas resented water). Echeverias often rotted from summer water except for some species that loved it. Yet in winter these same Echeverias loved water all the time. Jades were no-brainers and tolerated whatever I did to them. Tons of water or none at all. Not too many sedums tolerated my inland climate (summer heat killed about 90% of them off leaving me with about 20 very sturdy species that didn't seem to care one way or the other). Agaves are very tolerant, too, but rot from overhead watering in winters (same goes for Aloes- don't like tap water on their crowns in winter... some even rotted from rainwater dripping on their crowns constantly). Not much to say about cuttings.. most I watered after a week and most did great. Some that didn't, didn't do well no matter what I did, so I can't really comment there.. .but most cuttings prefer no blazing, summer sun... at least at first (not sure if I would consider any sun you get in San Pedro as 'blazing summer sun' though).

I just fell out of my chair over the P. afra. Quite possibly the most gorgeous specimen of that plant I've ever seen. *swoon* Beautiful photos. Thanks so much for sharing! *CG*

I posted this last year and it still holds true. It's hard to make a schedule for watering. You have to adjust depending on the local conditions and soil type. Your goal should be consistent moisture at the root zone. How you achieve that is the problem. One week might be sunny, windy and dry and the next week overcast and no wind. Check your soil and make the necessary adjustments to keep it moist. I'm in CA with caliche soil (heavily amended) Caliche will turn into a brick in a day or two. I'm constantly checking the soil and watering as needed. digdirt posted this a couple of years ago...it still holds true. The goal is consistent and stable soil moisture levels throughout the season and despite the weather. That doesn't come from any "schedule". What "schedule" may work for one person would kill another person's plants and vice versa. So you have to learn what YOUR soil and YOUR plants need. That means using your hands to determine what slightly moist soil feels like down near the roots and learning to keep it that way all the time whatever the weather. That may mean watering once a day or once a week. Unless you have a very shallow bed of less than 8" then every other day is likely way too often but 30 mins with a soaker hose is not much water at all. The average soaker hose delivers less than 1/4 gallon per hour so time yours. Learn how long it actually takes to deliver 1 gallon of water by burying a tuna can or similar 1 1/2" deep can in the soil so that the top rim sits at soil level and run the hose over it. Run the hose until the can is full and note how long it takes. A crude but effective method. Once you know the time needed then do that 1x a week, maybe 2x a week if really hot and dry and see how your plants respond. Do you heavily mulch your plants? If not, do so. What type of soil do you have? Sandy? Clay? High organic levels or not? How close are your plants planted? Are all parts of the bed getting equal amounts of water? What time of day do you water? This is only some of the variables involved. The main point is to learn to be flexible. Forget schedules and learn to water when the plants need it instead. And be sure to mulch. I use grass clippings myself, but there's other options out there.

Adrienne in Thousand Oaks: Regarding UC Verde Buffalo Grass, we installed it June 2021 so can attest to how it took watering twice a day to establish, then less frequently until we were watering twice a week with good results; I live in Thousand Oaks and were restricted to watering once a week for 15 minutes which was a good soak and it survived the limited watering last summer. When first planted as plugs we had a lot of weeds but it eventually filled in and is very thick. What we don't like is that is it dormant and brown in color from November to March; it has been slowly turning green in the last few weeks now that it is spring. It requires very little mowing, about once a month at most from spring to fall. The only way to buy it in Southern California is from FloraSource Ltd. They ship it as plugs in flats so it is labor intensive to have it installed; cost is twice that of sod.