A tree that crashes, perhaps because it lost a lot of fine roots because they dried out during repotting, or you removed a very large % of the fine root mass during repotting, or because you didn't water frequently enough during the immediate aftercare, isn't usually cause for the panic it inspires in growers not used to the fact that your tree will defoliate as a drought response, but usually bounce right back, as long as the tree was in reasonably good health. Young trees, such as you commonly see growing as houseplants, are a very high % of dynamic mass, which gives them a strong "will to live". You really do have to almost work at actually killing them if you have a good soil and don't forget to water for half a trip around the sun. You're using something close to the 5:1:1 mix, so the soil should hold quite a bit of water. Just poke around in the soil a little where there are no roots to see if it's still damp, cuz damp is all you need/want. You don't want wet/soggy. Is your tree FIXED so it can't move in relation to the container. Rigging a tree so if it moves the pot has to move with it helps the tree reestablish much faster. Al

Hello, Let's see if I can at least get you going in the right direction. I think what I'm seeing is - Portulacaria Afra (Baby Jade) - Haworthia Fasciata (ridged stripes) - Echinopsis (round barrel cacti) I think there's Aloe Alworthia (Black Gem) & a Mammilaria (lower right) in there, as well. In terms of growing medium...I'm not sure. Where are your soil nutrients? I exclusively use pre-packaged cactus soil, which is part river sand, part potting soil and part pearlite. I also feed my potted cacti & succulents tomato plant food monthly during spring, summer, fall. My garden is a mixture of sand & soil. The cacti & succulents on-ground do perfectly well without additional care. Succulents are easily rooted. "Calloused over" just means the cut portion has been allowed to do just that, callous over, and is not oozing. Just allow to sit outside of soil at least three days. The reason is that cacti & succulents hold a lot of water in their leaves / stems. If planted just-cut you have a high probability of rot due to all the oozing. Once calloused over, I place in watered, well drained soil and leave it alone until I see evidence of new growth. That's usually an indication of new root growth, as well. I hope this has been helpful.

Your lovely gift is a Faucaria felina or candida (flower colour will tell). If you plan on keeping it inside, be very careful watering - once a week would be far too much unless you have grow lights. It will very quickly turn to mush if overwatered. A mix with very low water retention is recommended, something gritty or mineral-rich. Do not over pot. Give as much light as possible. It will wrinkle and shrivel slightly when thirsty, as you can see on the lowest leaves of my plant below. Today is watering day! (Mine looks a bit strange, all the brown/yellowish parts are the remains of dead flowers from the fall)

Yes to change soil. Yes to separate. 1. spotted leaves - polka dot plant 2. sedum reflexum; not quite sure about round -leaved one, one of the sedums too 3. not aeonium - not sure of correct id 4. Echeveria 'Black Prince' 5. another sedum reflexum? 6. and one more groundcover sedum... 7. Senecio mandraliscae - blue chalk sticks?