thank you, walmart looked like they were starting to set some of their house plants out on the shelves.

Looks like there’s water on the leaves? Best not to get them too wet, they don’t really need overhead waterings.

Gill

Overhead watering isn't a problem as long as there is enough air circulation to cause it to evaporate off quickly.

The media, however, would be of greater concern as it looks to be mainly peat.

My plants live outside - when it rains they get overhead watering.

Paul, I hope you see this...

I personally don't like just peat but I always wonder how in the world do all these dealers and sellers make or grow their plants so well in peat like that? I wonder how long that plant has been growing in that pot?

For growing in peat it looks amazing!

Mike

It may be quite a bit of difference when watering plants indoors or outside; overhead watering is just fine if water can dry up easily. But it may take longer indoors, especially if air circulation is poor. If plant is potted in water retaining soil, that could make it even worse - wet feet and wet crown. So best suggestion may be not to keep water sitting in the rosettes of succulent plants.

When outdoors, all my succulents get rained on and if I need to water, I use garden hose - so it is overhead watering. Indoors, watering can is used.

Most growers use peat to grow plants. It is inexpensive and very light - much better for shipping. They are also set up to keep peat moist just right, temperatures, light and air circulation much more even than hobbyist usually can. They often fertilize plants more than needed in order to get fast growth. They do not keep plants for long term, but ship them out to be sold.

Yes, l use peat for all my plants. My apartment is so warm that l am currently growing a blood orange tree in my place and it had just started to grow 2 new branches. I can't control my heat so l'm sure that the echeveria is dried out by now.