Hello Christine! I’m sad if our beautiful babies are sick …. Hoping your healing hands with save them plz … Thank you for sharing, we’re learning more and more from YOU 💕
One of my favorite succulents- Laui but I learned quickly that they do not like a lot of water lol & I had a seller send me a gift cutting with the baby fingers and I thought "uggh I'll never get this to root" but I did! She's doing great & so pretty. I think they'll pull through, they look good ! Thank you to you both, for all of your helpful videos ! 💞
Thanks so much! So happy your baby fingers are doing well, and mine so far are filling in with new growth and so far no more leaf shed. Yes, laui is a bit of a diva actually 😅😅😅
@@TheseSucculentBuddies thank you! I meant that your baby fingers look great, & I think they'll pull through 😁 yes, Laui is a diva, isn't she 🤣 I wanted to share with you something I've learned with a few sellers I buy from about the Korean succulents (in case you don't know, but you probably do) I was struggling with several of them & when I reached out to the seller she said that they really do best in very gritty media & recommended I switch to things like bonsai block, shale, charcoal, lava and/or decomposed granite crumbles so I've bought it all & only use a sprinkle of soil & I'll tell you what, they are doing awesome! And the granite actually has a lot of minerals they need but I'll still feed them of course. I just thought I'd share that just in case you didn't know because I know how much we all love our succulents & invest a lot of time, love & $$$ in them lol! I really enjoy your videos , thank you both so much ! 💖
Thank you for the soil media tip! I'll try to find those in my local stores, but they are not easy to come by locally. I may try a bonsai mix which is very gritty, but it's quite expensive as well. 😅
Ugh! 😩 Our weather scares me everyday and keeps me crossing my fingers that the succulents I have outdoors make it somehow. The constant rain and heat prevents me from going outdoors to check on them too. I do hope they make a full recovery. 🙏
I feel sorry for your laui... I hope it grows well. In Korea, succulents with white powder like raisins are said to be strong in the sun, but they hate water, so you should be careful in summer. I'm so glad Babyfinger is growing up again. If you put succulents close to the growth lamp, they will burn in the same way as if they were burned in the sun. I've experienced it too. I wish you all the best. I enjoyed the video.♥♥
Thank you. For now they stay indoors under my light during the rainy season. I'm hoping these ones I saved will grow because they are very small now. Yes, they definitely burn when put too close to lights. 😕
Aww... sorry to hear that. I've killed 3 so far! 😅 Definitely not a beginner succulent! They are major divas for sure and decide to rot anytime there's some type of change. Thanks for wishing me luck friend! 💚
Aww... thank you, and I really hope yours make it too. Even if we have to start small again, as long as they keep recovering, we are happy plant mommas! 😊💚
Thank you for sharing. Some Moonstones I bought a few months ago had a very similar experience with lighting. They got a little too much light under the grow lights and burned a bit. I covered them with Dixie cups with small holes I poked out all around the cup, even the top. After 6 - 8 weeks, they are back to growing again. I'm also extra careful not to touch the leaves to keep the farina from rubbing off. Got several leaves to propagate. Those babies Moonstones (no cups) are doing well under the same lights.
That's great news that they are doing well. I did notice that too with other succulents that burned. Old leaves would burn but the new growth, just like your baby ones are well acclimated to the lights when grown there from the start. The leaves I noticed would burn are the old ones as the plant gets used to it. Thanks so much for sharing your experience, and I never would have thought about using a Dixie cup with some holes to filter out light. 😊
@@TheseSucculentBuddies Yeah, that's interesting how the babies from the very beginning never got burned under the same grow lights. Plus, they are growing a ton of leaves, more than the parents have. Nature is always full of surprises.
They acclimate themselves to the environment. Happens a lot to my new ones. Old leaves will stop growing and slowly dry off and replaced by new growth. I've had so many that started out a decent size but smaller. 😅 But they look much better.
I hope they can still survive 😢 I hate it when it does happen in my garden too, some of the plants I cut already have some roots too hopefully they will continue to grow
My baby finger looks good at first but after almost 2 months i noticed that it is loosing some of its leaves, and i tried to uproot it and found out theres no new root, its stem is black but hard. I just replant it and put more of its stem under the soil goping it will generate roots.
Yes, they actually do take a while to root. Mine were the same way, looked great for a few months, then started to loose leaves till there was barely anything left. I've noticed they don't like it when it gets too hot and prefer cooler environments. Hope yours roots and comes back twice as much! 😊
Hello, i came across to your channel, i must say that this is a very nice video (btw beautiful collection!) Im a succulent lover myself here in Canada (zone 5a) If i may say the ratio 1:1:1 potting soil, coco coir and perlite were ideal…however, you can still improve it..i hope you don’t mind me sharing my best practice…(forgive me this is kinda long one✌️) Here’s my observation. 1. I find the pot a bit bigger for the size of your succulent, should use a much smaller pot. They like to be root bounded. Also, the soil mix is too organic (Yes this may be fast draining but the air circulation is limited even though you add perlite) If it was me, I would throw 2 part of decomposed granite or pumice, chicken grit (rose quartz) on top of your mixture making it gritty. Lava rock is good too. Adding Diatomaceous earth is also ideal (qualisorb and alike) protects roots from pest infestation and diseases. Soil amendments is the key…its all about the soil that we use. 🤗 2. Im not a big fan of perlite for many reasons, it floats when watered, its way too light, discolouration and breaks down & has lots of dust (have to sieve it), most importantly not enough for air circulation. 3. I also noticed that bottom leaves touches your soil mix…this is a recipe for disaster. As much as possible use a bits of pumice/grit/granite around the bottom leaves. (I would not suggest full toppings for this kind of soil mix because it will trap the moisture to the soil and will have high chance of rot. Just bits here and there on the top of your soil mix to protect the bottom leaves. In this case its normal to lose some bottom leaves because it has few roots and its been sitting on top of the soil. (Best way to root a succulent) you are right succulents rooted in water tends to be weak. Nonetheless, your channel is awesome. 🤗
I don't mind the tips at all and thank you! I'm not a fan of perlite as well, but unfortunately, my local home depot and other garden centers don't have pumice or decomposed granite available. They are too expensive for me to ship, so I use what I can find locally. The 1:1:1 ratio is normally what I would substitute because it's what I had on hand. I actually normally use a premixed soil mix of what's called Sunshine Mix Aggregate Plus #4. It's very similar to promix there in Canada I would say to be about the closest... Only reason why I'm comfortable using what I have for now is because I have them under my grow lights in a controlled environment. But as soon as I can get my hands on what you suggested, I'll definitely change the soil mix. For now, the laui and other imports I have seem to be tolerating the soil. As for the pots, yes, they are too big. 😅 I need to buy some smaller sizes and will change those as well. Thanks again for stopping by and for all the helpful tips! 💚
@@TheseSucculentBuddies thank you too dear. I subscribed already to this channel, im also sure I can learn some from your tips here. Will do a marathon to your videos. Its my relaxation watching succulents before i go to bed Lol. (The only problem is if i find succulents i dont have, i will ended up buying, and cycle continues esp if i have spare pots. Lol) Yeah i heard about the sunshine mix agg plus #4..,Nice review about it. About the chicken grit you can find it in any poultry shop, chose there quartz not the oyster because its salty. Hmmm… and the diatomaceous earth i think the brand is qualisorb, you can find it in home depot-- it absorb oil water spills and its nice to your plant air circulation.🤗 You can also look for reptibark, in pet store (fig bark known to be organic and acidic) turface is clay use in tennis court, golf club its also nice to play around with it. Pumice is difficult to find in north america, i dunno why.
Ooh thanks for letting me know about the oyster shells. That's what they had at the pet/poultry supply store I just checked and almost bought it too. Lucky I didn't. I'll check the others in other local places I can find when I have time again. Thanks so much for the support and the helpful tips. I always love learning to make it better for my collection. I'm the same way haha! When I see a succulent I like and don't have, I must find it and get it lol! 😅
