yeah you can lop it.... take off maybe 3-4 leaves above your cut. Leave the cutting to dry overnight or even a few days then poke it into the soil. Don't water for a week maybe more until there's some sign of new life.

that thing is calling out for MORE LIGHT btw get it closer to a window

Your plant is extremely etiolated (sparse, lanky growth due to insufficient light). You could actually cut the stem into thirds or even quarters. Let all cot ends air dry for about a week to fully callous over. Plant each section. Keep the soil quite dry with only a lit misting of the soil once or twice a week until it roots.

On the subject of soil, yours appears to be far too moisture retentive. A much coarser, grittier media would be better for your plant.

...and as pointed out - unless it gets more light, it will keep growing same way. So if you want more compact plants, make sure you solve the lighting situation.

I had it in the window for a week and it turned silvery and wrinkly. It grows alot because I water it too much too. I removed it from the window and it turned back green within a day. it is sparse though, the top is pretty lush however. The soil is also cacti soil, people always say it looks to thick. Ill buy another brand next time! thank you!

plant needs to acclimatise, you can't just suddenly move it into bright light & not expect it to get shocked ;) do the move gradually over say 2-4wks

wrinkling suggests it's root system isn't strong enough to keep up with extra water demand from brighter location; if you're watering ok it'll fix itself over time

when grown in full sun these plants will have leaves so close together you'd barely see any stem. If it's really complaining about too much sun then leaves often tinge red; worst case they might get sunburn. But yours is a long way from that

Interesting. Well its one cubicle or the next. I wish it was that full! Its really hard to manage these succulents. I have about 8 propagating babies from it. It actually lots a ton of leaves cause there was an accident. I just remembered that. But it was never so dense you couldn't see the stem.

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Did it ever have label?

I can't tell what it is...just to show you what a difference light makes:

Window sounds perfect! - just acclimatize it to light as Tamiya pointed out; it could be moved into stronger light every few days. Rotating the pot 1/4 turn every week or two will help if the light is much stronger from one direction.

"It grows alot because I water it too much too."

That comment above. Watering a lot won't force the plant to grow. The plant is stretching looking for sunlight. That's the reason the leaves are so far apart. The leaves can't grow tightly together, because the plant is trying to make sure all the leaves can absorb as much light as possible. If the growth were more compact, the leaves would shade each other

Thanks for that info. It is hard to create these perfect growing circumstances. I will chop it in half soon!

Chelsea

As pointed out, you could chop it into few pieces not only 2 (and that may be better idea since the plant is so stretched).

But - sorry for repeating myself - it needs more light otherwise it will grow the same. How about a desk lamp with a 1ooW CFL bulb? Same acclimatization as to the sun...

If bright window is the only alternative... make it a shade!

I use tracing/baking paper, bubble wrap, tissue etc etc whatever's available that's translucent to cut out some light temporarily

(yeah your colleagues will look at you funny when you craft "hats" or "clothes" for your pot plants... their loss!)

Hey everyone so I cut that baby in three and tossed the middle stem. So the bottom and the top are healthy. I let it dry for 24-48 hrs and planted it.

I have a few questions.... I got a whole bunch of new succulents

i transplanted a big blue into a new pot with proper soil that I got at the green house. I didn't pack it tight and I have not watered it. The soil actually seemed moist on everything I transplanted. I'm so worried it will be shocked into a sudden death. I'm trying really hard not to touch the leaves but I noticed today the rims of the leaves have these dark green marks on them, I don't know if it's from my cats nose or what but I'm Hoping it's not rotting. Or shocked from the change in temp or sun. I did buy a 100w cfl and am putting it from like 4pm-10pm, for additional light.

I have very small "Babies" do they need more water than the big ones? I also cut a baby off of its big leaf once it had good roots and seemed substantial enough hopefully that's alright. It's the very small purple one.

i also cut two rosettes that had super long thick roots like 4-5 inches, let them sit 24-48 and have replanted them.

i have a Walmart cacti that was painted red it seemed to grow new side leaves when I reported it a while back. Today I noticed the tips of those leaves are brown.

Burnt tips, despite the center doing very well lately

Very young plants growing from leaves are better off if left attached to the leave, until it totally dries out and detaches by gentle touch - the plants will get more water & nutrients from the leave.

All succulents need to be in well-drained soil, and watering is much easier.

Did the GH ppl tell you that the soil is 'proper'? It looks very peaty. I wouldn't use it.

The dark green spot on the leave is from something rubbing against it. Many succulents have the powdery coating on the leaves that should be left on. It's hard to do that when working with the plant and it rubs off sometimes. It's not dangerous on plants growing at home, but could be unsightly.

The plant with few red leaves is not cacti, it is succulent (cacti are also succulents, but not all succulents are cacti). The brown tips could be from sunburn, but also from wet soil. If all your soil is same as the cone visible in 'community pot', it may be water retentive (judging from what I can see in photos).

Tiny plants in community pot do not need more water - with the soil that holds too much of it, you need to be careful not to over-water.

Is there a drainage hole in the container in your last photo?

There isnt but I put a ton of large rocks under the soil. I will water it very sparingly since I dont want them sitting in water. I think maybe it was sunburn on the 'red' succulent. there were a few days of sun last week.

Unless an emergency repotting is required to remedy some serious soil/bug issue... new potted acquisitions are usually left for a few weeks to acclimatise into their new home position before meddling with their soil.

Take a pic when they arrive so I remember what they looked like :)

Chelsea

Rocks at the bottom will not improve the drainage.

If watering sparingly, it could be possibly not enough.

If watering more, the water will sit between the rocks, creating unsuitable condition for roots. Small soil particles will eventually fall between the rocks, filling available space. Accumulated water will be mucky, especially the soil visible in one of your photos.

In well-draining mix and pot with proper drainage holes, the watering is easy - water thoroughly, and the excess water will drain out.

Few days of sun will not sunburn the plant, unless the plant is kept in darker/less sunny spot and exposed to lots of sun suddenly. And if that happens, sunburn will usually show not only on the tips.

Okay I'll try to drill some holes in it. Thanks

Chelsea

I hope you are not going to be discouraged...we are giving you so many 'don't do this, don't do that'. But it is all good in the long run - we all (or almost all of us) have done similar if not worse mistakes.

It would be good for you to do some research on each of the plants you have. Many will grow with exactly same care, but there are some that require something different - as Mentha pointed out.

Do not panic and feel you have to do it all over immediately, especially since the plants were just re-potted and are little stressed. But sooner than later is better. Starting with good info is better. Writing down what needs to be changed is great. Then getting right supplies and material - and you are ready to go.

There is a lot of conflicting info available, lots of it is 'good for the grower but not good for the plant' (borrowed from Al - tapla on this forum...:) Good example is a terrarium with succulents - very nice to look at, but should be considered only temporary since it is very unsuitable for the plants...

Ha hah thanks for that Rina, it is somewhat discouraging but I am here for advice and I dont want them to die. Ill give it some time and then I will remove the green dancing bones one. Im not sure that ill change the large round pot soon though. I will try keep the soil dry enough so as not to create a swamp under the rocks. There is conflicting info. I think that things could work/grow well despite the best advice, but i understand the best success/growth is the "perfect" scenario.

Large round container will not be problem once you drill holes in it.

In the mean time, the watering should be paid attention to.

I keep all succulents in a mix of perlite, grit and turface. I keep all of them outdoors as soon as weather permits. If it rains, I don't need to worry about covering them or taking indoors (no way to do with many pots I have!)

Good luck with growing nice plants you have, and i hope you'll post updates...and ask any further questions you may have.

I hate mixed pot plantings :) these days if I had to do something mixed for display, I'd rather just bung a bunch of small plastic pots together into a bigger fancy vessel and fillup the gaps with grit or aquarium gravel. More flexibility without needing to disturb everyone if any 1 plant ain't happy in its new community.

Also another oldskool habit we have... fresh clay pots we dampen before putting dry soil & plants in. Freshly repotted C&S don't get watered for a week+ so we don't want dry terracotta to be sucking too much moisture out of the dry soil. RH is pretty low here but.

Quoted: Ill give it some time and then I will remove the green dancing bones one.

Sooner is going to be better than later. The Hatoria ( the green dancing bones one ) has watering requirements that are vastly different from the others. The others in the pot may ( and will ) become more difficult to deal with health wise and vigor. ( In a word all of them will look sick as some will look more ailing than another sooner than you think.

Understanding your point and considering that at times there can be overwhelming advice or to many suggestions on a thread being offered At times some r seem to be offering different views from one person or more to the person asking for suggestions. To much information being offered can be a bit confusing as the person asking for advice develops a better understanding of plant cultivating while developing plant growing skills.

My input, for the season long health of your plants and for a long term health and vigor of them the best idea I can offer is ( suggesting) follow suggestions that are worded in consistent manner.

I think ( in the "perfect" scenario) if someone is here asking for advice and a person gets sound advice they should also try to follow some of the advice ( suggestions ) that has been given.

I ( like others ) are guilty\ and may even habit growing the same type of plant in a different pot. Either as a discipline or for a reason. Reason being, it's going to be a lot easier to manage one problem with one plant in a pot than it is to deal with the same problem with many plants in one pot.

Comments, thoughts, suggestions lol?

I'm thinking:

If the white/gray colored plant in front of the yellow arrow with the two question marks gets scale or mites what happens to the other two ?

Thats a risk ill take... Ive had the grey one for years... never had bugs. Plus if it was potted seperate it would be an inch away and im sure the bugs would find it! These all stay indoors all year too.

Can't tell from the photo - one with red arrow may be hardy succulent? - close up photo would help.

Are we taking bets? :)

if left in shade with ample watering... I say Blue Arrowed will be first casualty :P

The close up pic is some type of Sedum that's commonly used used as ground cover. It's a tuff plant that's easy to grow It should fill the entire pot it's in now in a year - 18 months or so.

As you play it by ear ( AKA see what it'll do ) it'll probably end up looking like a hanging plant stretching several inches while resting it's tops on the table surfaces throwing out inner stem aerial roots in the hundreds with an empty leafless stringy brown base that would extend some distance from the soil line. Somewhat sad (very sad) to see it in a pot as it's growing habit is to spread and creep along with short uprights pooping up ( as you have now) carpeting covering & creeping along as a ground filler, rock wall ends ect.

Agree it could very well be zone hardy and would be A LOT better off if planted in the ground.

Yes my research showed the same! i don't have a yard or even a patio at this time and it's also a winter ice world out there today. As it grows I'll move it to my moms maybe. Thanks!

Can someone identify the original plant in question? I believe it is markedby the blue arrow.

Not from this distance, could be an Echeveria, or a Haworthia, I'm leaning to Haw. given the style of bloom spike. A closer up pic would help.