> I read they do not like direct light, but rather need bright, indirect. My understanding was that even the strongest fluorescent T5 light you can give plants equals to this "bright indirect" light level from plant culture descriptions - because real sun is SO MUCH brighter. I was at an orchid show a couple of weeks ago at New York Botanical Garden, and they had a lot of companion plants including many species of Maranta and Calathea growing on the floor of the greenhouses. I should totally have measured the light there with my phone (unlike orchids, these did not seem to be temporary exhibit, so it would have been meaningful), but I did not think to do it. Maranta growing in the ground is quite a sight to see, by the way. It's a very low ground cover - its habit is to try to grow roots into the soil at every node, so it does not reach up at all, except for its tiny little purple (or white) flowers. Very cute. I am thinking how to replicate this look at home. When it was growing on my window sill a winter ago, a long vine crept along the window sill - and it did flower at that time as well. I cut it up at that time to fill out the pot, but I am starting to think just letting it crawl where it wanted to go was a better idea. It does not seem to want to grow upright at all. > can you take a light measument? I did, finally. On my light stand, it was getting around 200-700 fc (it was on the less bright shelf not directly under lights). On the bathroom counter, I get 15-20 fc. This is with an uncalibrated phone light meter app, so absolute levels may be wrong, but comparatively, they do tell a story, I think. The plant stand was getting 16 hours a day on a timer at the time, and the bathroom day is roughly as long (manual turn on/off), maybe a bit shorter.

I have a similar situation to Sanj. I'll call it leaf curl. 3 of my 30 plants have it. All 30 are in the ground, all gotten the same fertilizer, water and sun. 2 of the affected plants are Fresh Salsa and one is Big Mama. The common thread is that they are both Burpee hybrid plum type tomatoes. I have other Big Mamas that don't have it. This happened to some of my Big Mamas last year and I never found a cause or a remedy. Last year the affected plants bore fruit but not as vigorously as others. I would also like to find a remedy. Thanks - John A

The 1st looks like xGraptosedum 'Francesco Baldi'. Possibly too much water, causing rot. Some dieback of lower leaves is normal. 2nd pic, plants look like possibly an xGraptosedum 'Ghosty' & the other xGraptosedum 'California Sunset'. Looks like sunburn/rot. I'd add something to your soil tomake it more porous. (non-water retentive)

Hello, I appreciate everyones help! The succulent was labeled as Pachyphytum "Moon Silver." When I googled it, it came up as Pachyphytum Oviferum. Okay so yesterday I took it out of the original plastic pot it came in and transferred it to a new bigger ceramic pot (that has a drainage hole) with Cactus soil mix. I think I accidentally added too much soil to it and the leaves on the bottom are still wrinkly :( I know I read somewhere not to water it for a while after repotting it? Please let me know if my succulent is okay or not and if it needs anything else. I attached pictures.