I just lost a beautiful echeveria cream beauty to stem rot because I didn't realize the bare roots weren't viable and able to take up water. Now I know what to do with these lovely imports to ensure it will survive. What is the advantage of bare root over a cutting with no roots? Or is there no big difference other than price? Cuttings seem a little cheaper.
@@gwenday honestly no difference. They both need time to get new viable roots. I keep them in partial shade so they don’t dehydrate and wait for roots then water. Bare root is same as a cutting honestly. None can take up water. Both take same amount of time to get roots. Just different wording cause bare root sounds better
@@clarawillis2437 I typically use rubbing alcohol for mealybugs and if I’m just generally using a pesticide, I will use Bonide brand systemic granules. You can get them on Amazon and you just put them on the top of the dirt but if you use that and pollinators have access to your plants, you will need to cut off any blooms so it does not kill the bees, etc. If indoors then you’re all good!
Thanks for sharing the information; everything the you show in your videos is being very helpful because I start two months ago but I got a list 80 succulents, I bought a green house because I don’t have any more room in the porch. Thanks again and please made more videos
@@clarawillis2437 believe it or not I get all of those orange and purple plastic pots from Temu! I can usually buy 50 for about 4 dollars or 100 for maybe 6 to 8 dollars. It’s a great deal and they work really well. Yes, the price of those clay ones have gone up significantly in the last few years which sucks but check out Temu! Amazon isn’t too bad either in regards to prices. I recently heard that Hobby lobby has the clay ones on sale for really cheap, but I have not gone to check that out for myself yet. This was just in the last 3 to 4 days.
@@scottgrimes3655 thanks for watching! Check out my other Succulent videos like how to know when to water and how to propagate stuff to get tons of plants!
@@DaughterofGaia1979 LOL! I made this video years ago, but I remember that specific plant because it’s crested. I did buy the arrangement specifically because it had that rare crested one in it, I just pulled it out of the arrangement before the video. But I seriously know people who will steal from the store like that and I don’t approve! I just went back and watched my video and realized that the way I said it makes it sound like I just straight up stole it!
Thank you for your videos. They have helped. I didn’t know what to do with one that I had neglected WAY too long. Hoping to save it and I took off most of the leaves and have them sitting in a dry soil pot.
This is the video I have been looking for. 😊Wanted to know how to prune leggy succulents because I have 3 succulents and I don't know how and what to do. Thank you! By the way, I have a question. For the pots with stems only, when should you water it? When is the best time of the day to prune a succulent?
@@charm6928 just keep watering the stems just like you normally would, just maybe every week or so. You can prune them anytime but make sure they are not thirsty before you prune them because it takes a little bit for them to grow roots so it’s good if they are not thirsty to begin with.
@@deegee9560 I have multiple videos on watering and also some on fertilizing and making my soil mixtures. I haven’t really made a video about pots, but I do talk about them in my repottingvideos. Thank you so much for watching!!
You have the most amazing collection! My wish list is the boobie plant! I have a a very small starfish plant I hope to keep it alive for the bloom of course! I would love to know what you do with the desert rose cuttings when you prune it down, I have one that I have had for years and all its ever done is keep growing tall and leggy stems with leaves and has never flowered before, what kind of soil do you use? Should I fertilize it with something?, thanks Ginger
@@gingercaudill7219 thank you!! As far as your adeniums, if the stems get leggy, you can cut those and it should get branchier. As far as fertilizing, yes sometimes that’s what they need. I use a 10/10/10 but then I dilute it a little bit, maybe by a 3rd
@@SweetSweetSucculents thanks so much I am nervous about pruning as I have never done it before but I watched you do it so I’m confident I can do it and thanks for the advice!! Ginger
@@marymckenzie841 I check them after about 2 weeks to see if they have roots. If they do and they look wrinkly or feel floppy I’ll water. If no roots or not thirsty I’ll keep waiting and checking
I've got 2 succulents they are spiraling up. It's called Raym. Hamet or Stonecrop.. Do you have any recommendations on repotting? I've got a wide shallow terracotta pot. They're in small pots now. Thank you Im in Texas
Actually, before the winter, I pull out most of them and I only leave in the ones that I know are cold hardy here which there are just a few. I do have a tarp and I cover it if we are going to have more than three or four days of rain in a row. That being said, I redid this garden each year and this spring I decided not to because I could not get the weeds under control. Plus, I just have too much in my greenhouse at the moment to take care of
Those are lithops, and I don’t know why, but I’ve just really never liked the looks of them. I know a lot of people who love them and they are super easy and really only need water a couple times a year typically. I just never really liked how they looked personally
The part that I cut off and put in a new pot, I won’t water for a couple of weeks since that’s about how long it takes for them to make roots. I keep watering the leftover stem as usual
Please don't worry about "the mess"!! You have had so many storms just lately!! Love your starfish plants!! I don't know how you keep it all straight to begin with friend!!
Honestly, I don’t know either lol. My gameplan is literally to just go in there every so often and look around and see what is thirsty or what needs some work and that has been working for me for a few years now. Thank goodness succulents are so low maintenance! Since this video, my lifesaver plant bloomed also! Will do new video soon ❤️
I just got my firt plant and its a succulent! It seems to be over watered(the bottom leaves are turning brown and falling off) so do I just take it out of its container, let it dry and give it a new pot?
I have a friend here who has a few really nice ones, she gave me one the other day, we traded some stuff, and it is definitely a monkey tail and not a rat tail. If you are interested, you can email me and I can show you some pics
Hi there I’m new to your channel!! I have a starfish plant that I got from a company, it’s just a tiny little thing and it’s not rooted yet but I think it really needs to be repotted in a different soil, I bought some cactus soil mix, do you think I could use that for a repot? I have liked and rang the bell and subscribed to your channel!! I like you cuz it sounds like you got some southern roots in your voice and so do I!! I am going to be looking at your videos and hope you can share more often in the future!! Please let me know how you feel about the cactus soil mix and thanks!!
@@gingercaudill7219 hey there yes I’m in Arkansas so yes very southern, lol. That succulent mix is okay as long as you watch your watering. Sometimes I still mis perlite in with it, I love the starfish and have a few and one is about to bloom! Thank you for watching and subscribing!
Well there were way too many to show all the prices but it was Home Depot so it’s about the same nationwide with them…I’ll try and show prices next time as I can
They are annoying but honestly if you have tons of plants you’re going to get them every now and then. I think it’s mostly inevitable. As long as you keep an eye on your stuff and catch them then you really don’t have to worry. I’ve never had a plant die from them because they have to take over and be left untreated for a long time. The only annoying thing is that the alcohol will kill them but not the eggs in the soil so you have to spray them regularly for several weeks so that you get the other ones that hatch. But I don’t panic now when I see them.
I will send you some of mine when I send the purple jade. They're watered throughout the summer here every day to every other day in hanging baskets that only receive morning sun. These babies are adept at surviving those temps as well as being left out as is during our winters here, which are pretty darn cold. I let the snow sit on them, too. Maybe you're just needing some that are already hardened to harsh conditions.
Im new selling plants and I need to ship some succulents in pots. Like something similar from the ones you are shipping how I know that the soil of the succulents is completely dried, so I can put it back in the pot for ship?
You would need to wait a bit and also go by feel (feeling the weight of the pot), or, if you’re not good at that, you can use a moisture meter. When I ship in pots, I use tape on the pots above the soil so it won’t fall out. Some don’t but it can make a mess and that seems to work well
You can wait that long if you just want to, but if you are using proper soil that dries out and drains fast, and you repot it in dry soil, any root wounds you might have made will be dried out in a day or two, so you could water if needed. If the soil you are using is not good quality or hold onto water for a long time, you may need to wait longer. But then you’ll have a lot of other problems in the future since succulents need fast drying and well draining soil
You can wait that long if you just want to, but if you’re using good soil that drains fast and dries out quickly, then you really only have to wait a couple of days…reason being if you did create any wounds on the roots, they’ll be dried out in a day or two, especially if you are repotting it in dry soil. Now if you are using soil that holds onto water for a long time, you need to wait longer, but you’ll have a lot of other problems in the future since succulents don’t do well in that kind of soil
This video is super old butttt just wanted to thank you for sharing about transplanting from wet soil! Our lowes is notorius for overwattering and root bounding everything and my wife and I feel like we have to try and save every dying plant lol its been a struggle with the succulents so thank you!
Hi 👋 there! I just found your channel and although I don’t know much about your content, I’m curious to see more about it as I’m just really getting into succulents and cacti 🌵 myself, so I’m subscribing and I would love to know more about total care for your monkey tail cactus!! I have two little babies that are starting to deflate! Do you have any suggestions? Can’t wait to hear more, thanks 😊,, Ginger
Well, thank you for subscribing! Someone gave me a small 3 to 4 inch monkey tail cactus cutting a few years ago and now it is large and beautiful. It was slow growing at first and I only had it multiply into a few strands but I really wanted to share with people, so I cut a few pieces off to give away and after I did that it started making many more strands. So the only tip I have is that cutting it seems to make it want to make more “tails“
@@gingercaudill7219 if it’s already been cut for several days, then it probably is already calloused over. Just make sure the end is dry. If it’s not dry and you are in a big hurry to plant it, all you have to do is put it in dry dirt. Then you don’t have to worry about the end rotting. And of course it’s going to take at least a few weeks to get roots. Whenever I propagate, I hate having to let something dry out so I just stick all my propagated plants and cuttings in dry dirt. You can go buy cactus/succulent mix but it’s honestly cheaper to make your own with some regular potting soil and then an additive such as perlite, chicken grit, etc. If you’re interested, I have a video on making your own soil mixtures. The main thing is that it needs to be well draining and it needs to dry out quickly
I water them whenever I see the leaves a little wrinkly. But I give them a ton of water when I do give them any. Then I wait again til I see wrinkles. So they go a long time in between. Oddly my best basket of them I ever had was outside in the elements all spring and summer, and here we sometimes get rain for a week! 🤷♀️ I think those didn’t die cause I had a lot of other stuff in there with them to suck up more water.
@@threeqtrtime that could help but as long as you only water when it looks wrinkly, you should be fine. A lot of people just water too frequently and then all the leaves start falling off.
Im new to your channel and new to succulents. I have seen a gazillion videos and getting overwhelmed with so much info. I just want to say thank you for making it easy to follow and understand. Im subscribed and notifications turned on. Im a fan!!!!
Thank you so much! I hope you’ll check out my other videos because I did a lot on basic things like watering, soil, etc. and I’m trying to do it the way I wish I would have seen someone else do it when I was still learning. Thank you for subscribing!
Yes girl, I'm hooked and devouring your videos. I'm so glad I found yours because I already have items in my save for later box. After watching your videos, I have deleted some of the items so I don't make some of the mistakes you talked about. Thanks for all your info
