I wonder if they are too wet. Soil may be water retaining, looks quite dark-wet in photos. I see some soil deposits on inside of the pot, and that usually happens if there is eat. How do you know soil is completely dry?

55*F is not too cold, but cooler and soil takes longer to dry up in cooler temps.

It may be good idea to get a timer and set up your light on it. 12hrs on and 12hrs off seems to be quite OK. Some ppl will keep lights on for longer - I used to keep them on for 14hrs, but 12hrs seems to be sufficient.

The soil is wet with deposits on the side because I just watered them last night.

I guess I don’t really know if the soil is dry, but the water runs through really quickly, so I assume 9-14 days between watering would be suffice time for the soil to dry. I keep the pots in the sink until they stop dripping. What would you suggest I use to test the soil to see if it’s dry or wet?

12 hours for the lights on is way more than I’ve been doing, I’ll bump those numbers up. Thank you.

Hi,

Can you pls tell us what are aqua rocks?

They’re the rocks people put in aquariums, the little pebbles on the bottom.

Oh wha a neat idea, I’ve got some chopsticks laying around here somewhere. That’s some helpful advice, thank you.

I agree they look really wet (understand you just watered). My 2 cents--it seems to me barrel shaped containers take longer to dry than similar sized straight-sided pots. A couple of your plants may be overpotted, possibly. I'm thinking of the first 3 in particular.

The barrel ones are straight on the inside, the two colors pop off from one another and bottom color catches water.

The second plant (first two pics are the same plant) is in a tiny planter already, the link is below. Maybe it’s the ceramic?

Edit:I didn’t know they came smaller, I just found some 2” terra cotta pots on amazon. I’ll look into getting some soon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYLK3J7?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

Mish

Make sure you use wooden-bamboo sticks (skewer, chopstick, dowel or pencil), not the plastic to test soil for moisture...

It is normal for occasional leaf to dry up and fall off as they get old. It just shouldn't be too many at the same time - some plants could have few drying at the same time or maybe bit more often. Give them more light, watch watering and see if there is any change....

Alright, that sets my mind at ease, thank you.

Based on the photos, your media looks like it may be too dense. No need for potting soil to be in your mix. Better would be 50/50 cactus soil and perlite. (Avoid Miraclegro products if you can.)

Light wise, make sure the LEDS are appropriate for plant growth. The cheap ones commonly found in BBSs typically are not. The plants will want to be very close to the lights ... depending upon the lights, perhaps as little as 6 inches or even less from the top of the plant to the lights.

There’s only cactus soil, perlite (non miracle gro) and aquarium rocks in the mixture. There’s no potting soil in it.

6” or less from the top? Well shucks, I was told 10” at least lol no wonder the first plant is still stretching lol.

These are my grow lights.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075V2Y3JH?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf