Any extra light you can give it will help. Clean it up as pirate_girl said above, repot into smaller pot with well-draining soil: you need some grit in it (not sand); at least perlite mixed in with potting soil and don't overwater. Don't get rid of the biggest/taller plant (you said - repot the babies - but repot all). It will be nice plant - sorry, I don't know proper name. I keep all my succulents in the windows & under lights until they can go outside - they are still etiolated, but considerably less than yours. Attached photo may be same plant, I am not sure, I do not have proper name for it. You can see some 'bare' stems where some dried leaves were removed. It will look much more compact once it gets much more sun (but the long bare stems will stay the same as pirate_girl already mentioned; they may grow some little babies one day (there are few tiny ones outlined in black in the photo). You can search for help with the better soil mixes for succulents on this forum, try typing soil mix for succulents or something similar into search box on top of this page. There is lots of great info here if you are willing to read some...good luck. Rina

Yes, you may have to water more often - but don't forget, cacti&succulents don't need water as often as other 'houseplants'. Are your plants inside or outside? If out, they probably dry out faster. Use skewer to check how wet the soil is, by sticking it in about halfway into pot - if it comes out with particles sticking to it, it is still wet enough - don't water. I wonder what kind of 'small pebbles' did you use - you mentioned that in your original post. Crenda suggested what to do to keep plant more stable, another thing you can do is to support the plant with decorative rocks, or use some kind of top-dressing - it will help to support plants + keeps the perlite from floating. I use larger-sized chicken grit for top-dressing, or pea gravel, you can use decorative pebbles etc. See the photo-different rocks were put in originally to support plant, I just left them there even if not needed anymore since I like the look. This is just the way I do it - not "the only way". Mix of C&S soil + 50% perlite will serve well until next spring & it is much better than just soil from the bag. And will give you time to read more & get more comfortable with the idea. Rina This post was edited by rina_ on Wed, Aug 20, 14 at 11:41

@ Rina lovely plants!! :) Hi again guys! I live in the Philippines. Manila is usually hot, with an average temperature of 30°C (85°F). I have photos of my room below and the current state of my plant dishes :) Dish A: - i removed the majority of the small microscopic pebbles (i still need more of the new bigger ones, ran out) and replaced it with this dressing, (is this chicken grit???) - i also removed the zebra plant and placed it on a different dish. is this group okay? :) - i watered this dish for the first time after 2 weeks since i repotted the plants. i only spritzed them last week when i posted this thread. for watering, i followed the tips here: http://www.succulentsandsunshine.com/how-to-water-succulent-plants/3/ - A lot of the Sedum's leaves have fallen off. however, i noticed these small buds. Is it growing back or is it dying? i don't know Dish B: This larger dish is still a work in progress. I left a small portion of the pot for propagating since i don't have any extra pots yet. I placed the zebra plant here and got a new Echeveria. i made sure that the leaves don't touch the soil. will this group be okay? will the plant varieties live well together? :) this is a close-up photo of the potting mix i am using. will this do? how about the leaves i'm planning to propagate? will the shriveled ones die? that baby cactus has roots btw :) i spritzed these babies before i left for the weekend. This is a photo of my window. My room window leads out to our laundry area, which has a bunch of windows that leads outdoors, in front of our neighbor's roof hahaha my room is in the second floor :) it gets stifling hot inside my room during daytime, especially noon. and i get lots of indirect sunlight. will this be okay for my plants? i'm usually out for work during the daytime, i don't want to leave them in the laundry area because sometimes when it rains, water gets in from the windows and i'm afraid they would get soaked and i'd have to deal with overwatered succs again. we're actually having rainshowers this week, but still lots of sun. i left them like this, and i wont be back after 2 days. i hope they will be okay! Thanks again everyone! :)

Interesting that you guys say that. Seems to be a frequently controversial topic in articles I’ve read. Many say the taste of Persian limes are too simple and can’t compare to the complexity of a Key lime. Others say Key limes are just bitter. Both are fairly prolific producers I think but per fruit there is certainly less juice and more seeds in a Key lime which I think is why some end up preferring the Persian lime. I have both types but haven’t tasted the fruit of either yet to do a taste test, although both with likely produce mature fruit this season for the first time. The one thing I will say is that the Key lime seems much more vigorous, though that may be because it was grown from seed while my Persian lime was not.