Help IDing my cacti and succulents also basic care tips please?
zeba oreen
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rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoStripe Plant
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Succulent ID help and care Please :-)
Comments (4)Fungus gnats appear when you use a peat based soil that remains wet for too long. Looking at your pictures, this is where they came from. This will also cause your leaves to get mushy from over-watering. Your mix looks very wet and water retentive so I am guessing this is what is happening here. If you were to pull your plant out you will probably notice there are not a lot of roots and you possibly have some that are black (rotting). It looks like your plant is also etiolated due to lack of adequate lighting. They will stretch out and get leggy in search of sunlight. A combination of these things is what is causing your plant distress. -Erica...See MorePlease help me ID & care for my sick succulent
Comments (2)Hi Rebecca, I think you might have had already ID-ed your own plant correctly. It looks like a very weak and etiolated thyrsiflora. These plants are very resilient and are quite difficult to kill, unless you give them constant attention and overwater them. My question is how does the roots look like when you potted it up? As you said it was only a cutting when you received it. If there is no roots in existence, your plant will eventually wilt into nothing. If you do ever see signs of roots, do not pluck off the lower leaves until they are completely dry, as that what these plants do, they cannibalize their lower leaves to produce more energy for its stem and roots. If you pull away semi-wilted leaves, you are essentially removing food from the plant that it still can utilize. My last piece of advise is, stay away from recycling organic soils. Use sterilize new soil as much as you can if you want to grow plants in containers, or sterilize the soil yourself by adding boiling water to it and microwave the soil for about 3-4 minutes - cool it then plant your plant into it. I'm also afraid to say you might be drowning your plant with too much DE powder. It looks like a pudding covering the soil, that's not how soil should be for healthy plants. Happy Growing. Bernard...See Morehelp ID my succulent and also advice care
Comments (2)I think this one needs sun; it is to pale. get it slowly usedto sun if you do. harry...See MoreHelp with I.D. & basic care
Comments (1)Emma One of them - lower left - looks like a Sempervivum - aka Hens&chicks. Very easy succulent to grow, does better outdoors than indoors thru the winter. It is hardy to zone 4, some even to z3. Other 2 are probably Echeverias. They need same basic care: good drainage and good amount of light. Judging from the photo, soil seems to be dense and likely water retaining. It would be better draining if it contained much more of larger particles that would make it better draining and allow aeration. Container should have a drainage hole to allow excess water to drain out. They should receive plenty of light, otherwise they will start growing skinny and long, loosing proper color and becoming weaker....See Morerina_Ontario,Canada 5a
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