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What a beautiful plant. There are lots of echeveria growers here, brimful with advice. I'm sure they'll be along soon, Ramsey.

Thank you so much Bikerdoc. I'm happy that it can tolerate that pot for a while longer. I will probably re-pot after winter in that case. I will take this info on board. Also, thank you Marguerite for the vote of confidence. I know I posted late last night but after it was pushed down a bit I was losing some. Not real familiar with the whole forum thing either. I look forward to joining some conversation.

Your plant must be pretty important if it's riding while traveling ha ha! The pot size works as already mentioned, but in regards to watering it limits your methods of assessing watering needs. Bone dry for a long time is not good as you mentioned, but most succulents in the hands of us newbies seem to die from drowning. How then to know when dry enough to water? If you are using a typical peat based potting soil, it's not the best for a succulent IMO but it makes dryness easy to assess- the pot will be dramatically heavier when just thoroughly watered than when dry and in need. If planted in a clay pot, and using a gritty mix soil which drains quickly, the weight difference between wet and dry becomes much more subtle. At that point, for me, I need to see and feel the soil, which looks as if it would be hard to do in your setup.

so I guess the short of it is, share what kind of soil you are using for better help re: watering.

ez

ok thanks ez. Again a bit of a newb at this so I'm not a soil connoisseur. But I'm sure it doesn't take an expert to know that this is no vermiculite. I am sure this is peat based soil based on your description. And yes one of my concerns with the pot was the access to the soil. I will take on board the weight difference. I imagine it will take a little trial and error as far as that is concerned. So access to the soil begs the question, I read elsewhere that I should water the soil and not the leaves. Is this a concern, should I be careful not to drench the whole plant when I do get to watering or is that just overly concerned? In regards to the travel, I am away from my family right now and it is the only plant that I have. Plants are an important part of my wife's life so it is kind of symbolic I guess. Again, probably thinking too much into it. Thanks again for your help.

How interesting the difference in colors! Mine is more purple and yours is more red. My plants get car sick, so they lounge on the lanai, in full sun by the pool.

I actually no long have the above 2 plants. I had a problem with the soil being to heavy for my wet summers and they rotted. I do, however, have some pups potted up, so we'll see how that goes!