How to Fix a Leggy or Stretched Succulent!
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Date: 2022-07-16
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farvista
Woo, thanks! During the recent Texas Ice Bonanza, in my teeny portable greenhouse, one of mine etoliated like a freakin snake. (I'm just glad ANY-thing survived. I lost all of the plants that were towards the outside wall and almost all of my succulents) I'd already laid out the extra leaves, but now I know that I can keep the crown. Much appreciated. One aloe is kind of etoliated, but it made the prettiest flower spike when it got out into the sun, so hey, life goes on.
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Woo, thanks! During the recent Texas Ice Bonanza, in my teeny portable greenhouse, one of mine etoliated like a freakin snake. (I'm just glad ANY-thing survived. I lost all of the plants that were towards the outside wall and almost all of my succulents) I'd already laid out the extra leaves, but now I know that I can keep the crown. Much appreciated. One aloe is kind of etoliated, but it made the prettiest flower spike when it got out into the sun, so hey, life goes on.
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Crawling3nmyskin
So with succulents, you cannot just prune them like a normal plant? You always have to propagate them? Im new to the succulent world, usually deal with gazania flowers but from what Im gathering from most videos about succulents, is they once they start to stretch, you have to remove the entire plant and only use one of the leaves after it has dried out and started to grow roots? You cannot just trim them down?
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So with succulents, you cannot just prune them like a normal plant? You always have to propagate them? Im new to the succulent world, usually deal with gazania flowers but from what Im gathering from most videos about succulents, is they once they start to stretch, you have to remove the entire plant and only use one of the leaves after it has dried out and started to grow roots? You cannot just trim them down?
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Kim
Thank you for posting this. My sweet mom recently passed away and I inherited some of her hens and chicks. One of them has gotten tall and leggy and the stem is shriveling up. I haven't had much experience with these plants so I was happy to find your video. I'll try to salvage the top of this plant and perhaps I'll have good luck in propagating the leaves too. Thanks again!
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Thank you for posting this. My sweet mom recently passed away and I inherited some of her hens and chicks. One of them has gotten tall and leggy and the stem is shriveling up. I haven't had much experience with these plants so I was happy to find your video. I'll try to salvage the top of this plant and perhaps I'll have good luck in propagating the leaves too. Thanks again!
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Lonie
I have a small tank with 8 succulents in it and grow lights. After 3 months, one has started to stretch, I'm glad I watched this coz now i can lower the light and move it over to hopefully prevent it stretching more than it has. It's kinda cute the way it is right now, but I wouldn't want it to stretch anymore!
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I have a small tank with 8 succulents in it and grow lights. After 3 months, one has started to stretch, I'm glad I watched this coz now i can lower the light and move it over to hopefully prevent it stretching more than it has. It's kinda cute the way it is right now, but I wouldn't want it to stretch anymore!
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Carik
Fascinating. I am a floral designer at a supermarket and we get a lot of succulents. I've got a few home but now I have a better idea how to care for them. love how you laid the leaves out on that flat surface and later they sprout then start having babies. going to try that!
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Fascinating. I am a floral designer at a supermarket and we get a lot of succulents. I've got a few home but now I have a better idea how to care for them. love how you laid the leaves out on that flat surface and later they sprout then start having babies. going to try that!
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Alfaarex20
When youre too afraid to to pick the leafs off the plant cus youve grown attached and dont wanna kill em, Ive named him Fred: ]
But if Im not mistaken in the leafs its just the same dna and stuff so then its just the exact same smaller Fred
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When youre too afraid to to pick the leafs off the plant cus youve grown attached and dont wanna kill em, Ive named him Fred: ]
But if Im not mistaken in the leafs its just the same dna and stuff so then its just the exact same smaller Fred
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Amie
You forgot to tell us after once we tear off the leaves and plant the succulents where do we set them. We put them where until they take off? full sun, partial sun, shade, keep inside or outside, by a window, under a table, etc. what to do next?
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You forgot to tell us after once we tear off the leaves and plant the succulents where do we set them. We put them where until they take off? full sun, partial sun, shade, keep inside or outside, by a window, under a table, etc. what to do next?
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Aly
Is there any other reason this could happen? Mine is on a really sunny windowsill and it's still just gone mental. It just. keeps growing in an upward direction, sprouted lots of extra babies around the bottom and has now flopped.
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Is there any other reason this could happen? Mine is on a really sunny windowsill and it's still just gone mental. It just. keeps growing in an upward direction, sprouted lots of extra babies around the bottom and has now flopped.
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Katie
So theres a tall one on your table, sage like leaves, little points along it but not sharp. I have one and what is thaaaat? What is it supposed to look like then cause its got like 6 legs and idk what to do with it.
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So theres a tall one on your table, sage like leaves, little points along it but not sharp. I have one and what is thaaaat? What is it supposed to look like then cause its got like 6 legs and idk what to do with it.
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