Succulent growing too tall
joelcross
9 years ago
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Succulent Plant growing too tall and leaning
Comments (6)They look etoliated (meaning the leaves are not as close together as they should be due to lack of sufficient light). What window do you have them in (South, East, etc). They should be in a South window in the Winter, and either South or West in the Spring/Summer (if acclimated to a South window, they can stay there year round). I am suspecting that the one on the right doesn't have drainage (I can see some algae growing.... what is that potting medium that you have it in? It looks like spaghnum moss, hehe). You can pop a leaf off and make a new plant that way. As to cutting, I'm not sure about "re-doing" a succulent that looks so etoliated (I mean, I don't know where you should cut). But, I believe if you're going to do so, Spring or Summer would be better. The amount of light that Winter sun provides, not to mention you should be watering less, in addition to plants slowing down this time of year, all don't bode well for propagating this time of year. It is best done during their growth season. Planto...See MoreSucculent growing tall
Comments (4)Victor It could be indoor but you would have to give it lots of light to grow compact; how much - it depends on how much light you get in the apartment. I would think minimum 6 hrs, or longer, under a light. There is lots of soil in that container, and I would suspect that it is quite fine, perhaps mostly peat. Fine soil stays wet for a long time, and that isn't good for succulents. More soil there is, longer it will take to dry out. So you should improve on the soil too: can you get perlite? If yes, mixing it with existing soil 50/50 would help. You could cut the top of the plant off and re-root it. Read the following thread, there are good tips and photos to show you how to do it (beheading a plant) -click here- The small succulent in the jar is not in good environment; it would be best if you take it out and stick into same mix as mentioned - the jar is a terrarium, too moist and humid for succulents....See MoreSucculents growing too tall...
Comments (13)Oh, looks like I misunderstood :) Sand usually causes poor drainage in containers because it is too fine. You say it drains well - I can't say either way. Perlite is good. Most of us would skip sand entirely (unless it is really grainy) and use just mixture of coarse perlite and soil. I am assuming top soil could be gathered from outside? - if so, that isn't the best either. Many ppl use 50/50 mix of Cactus & Succulent soil and coarse perlite, often increasing perlite portion to 60% or even more. Others (including me) are using very inorganic, gritty mix made of grit, coarse perlite or pumice, scoria, turface - depending on what they can get easily. Here is a pic of one of the plantlets growing on a windowsill of unobstracted west-exposure window - it is etiolated:...See Moreveggie seedlings are growing too tall too fast
Comments (6)I planted tomatillo seeds for the first time this year. My seedlings looked normal (not leggy), but as they started to grow more they grew tall and stalk-like. When I google pictures of young tomatillo plants, that appears to be normal (relative to regular tomato plants, that is). Of course, if your other plants are looking leggy, that's surely a sign of not enough light. It doesn't take any fancy grow light. Even regular room bulbs (5000k color temp) work fine. I've got my seedlings under 3 desk lamps with standard-size 100w-equiv LED bulbs in them, and it seems to be sufficient. (2 tomatillo plants top-center.)...See MoreDavidL.ca
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