Living life on the edge (of the incubator) hatch-a-long

[2ndTink]

I am a newb when it comes to succulents, @fluffycrow has been helping me and answering my dumb questions.

That's great!

 

[TwoCrows]

Whoa! I have never seen one so big nor so beautiful!
Up here, they are like 6" tall lol.

The plant is out of control.

Wonderful! I can see it has gained its sun stress markings (not a bad thing in succulents!), it's looking very content! The bloom stock is looking marvelous as well, IMO, the colour of the blooms yours has is the prettiest colour echeveria can get! The haworthia shooting out yet another stock is not surprising, they are in a constant state of blooming, making offshoots, and being gorgeous! Thanks for the update, they look so happy under your care!

What are sun stress lines? He's been getting some direct sun for a few hours in the morning, is this a good thing? Yes the entire stalk is red, I wasn't sure this was normal, of course the entire time I've been worried it would wilt and fall off. Inside the flowers are tiny red stem like thingies, hard to get a photo, but the flowers are gorgeous! And yes my Haworthia has SO many offshoots, its also out if control. But it is in a constant state of flowering.

 

[TwoCrows]

You know a whole lot yourself! Your hard work has definitely payed off, hopefully the stock continues to bloom for many months, just last week I pulled my last echeveria stock off, it had been growing from the start of May!

Wow, thats a long time to bloom! Hopefully mine blooms a long time too. I haven't watered him either since mid December, I'm afraid to disturb the flower growth.

 

[fluffycrow]

The plant is out of control.

What are sun stress lines? He's been getting some direct sun for a few hours in the morning, is this a good thing? Yes the entire stalk is red, I wasn't sure this was normal, of course the entire time I've been worried it would wilt and fall off. Inside the flowers are tiny red stem like thingies, hard to get a photo, but the flowers are gorgeous! And yes my Haworthia has SO many offshoots, its also out if control. But it is in a constant state of flowering.

Sun stressing in succulents is a beautiful thing, it doesn't cause any problems whatsoever, but it doesn't really aid the plant, either. It brings out the colours, the reds, the mauves, the blacks, the deep reds (like yours has on its leaves)! Not to be confused with sun burn, which is bad. Yours looks excellent, you should be very proud!

 

[fluffycrow]

Wow, thats a long time to bloom! Hopefully mine blooms a long time too. I haven't watered him either since mid December, I'm afraid to disturb the flower growth.

He looks nice and plump, so he still has loads of water reserves! If his leaves do shrivel up, don't be afraid of watering him, it won't affect his flowering. Now that we are slowly getting into spring, start watering when he tells you. Our climates are very different, but since yours is an indoor guy, I think that there should be no problems with overwatering. I don't remember the last time I watered. It was probably last year for me as well. Some plants I know I haven't watered since November. They are due for their first watering, if it doesn't snow

 

[TwoCrows]

Sun stressing in succulents is a beautiful thing, it doesn't cause any problems whatsoever, but it doesn't really aid the plant, either. It brings out the colours, the reds, the mauves, the blacks, the deep reds (like yours has on its leaves)! Not to be confused with sun burn, which is bad. Yours looks excellent, you should be very proud!

Thanks for this info, I have been admiring his color for a while now, such deep rich hues!

He looks nice and plump, so he still has loads of water reserves! If his leaves do shrivel up, don't be afraid of watering him, it won't affect his flowering. Now that we are slowly getting into spring, start watering when he tells you. Our climates are very different, but since yours is an indoor guy, I think that there should be no problems with overwatering. I don't remember the last time I watered. It was probably last year for me as well. Some plants I know I haven't watered since November. They are due for their first watering, if it doesn't snow

We are pretty arid around here and I've found that once every 6 weeks in the winter is enough water for the succulents, I think. This is my 2nd winter with these plants. Any more waterings and the leaves go yellow and fall off. I think this one is going to need watering soon though, if he had eyes, I would say I could "see it in his eyes." But I think he's telling me he's thirsty.

Thanks so much Fluffy!

 

[fluffycrow]

Thanks for this info, I have been admiring his color for a while now, such deep rich hues!

We are pretty arid around here and I've found that once every 6 weeks in the winter is enough water for the succulents, I think. This is my 2nd winter with these plants. Any more waterings and the leaves go yellow and fall off. I think this one is going to need watering soon though, if he had eyes, I would say I could "see it in his eyes." But I think he's telling me he's thirsty.

Thanks so much Fluffy!

A mother's love is strong! I don't see anything about eyes, but his leaves look rather plump, I wouldn't worry about watering too much, yet!

Thank YOU for being such a good plant parent!

 

[TwoCrows]

A mother's love is strong! I don't see anything about eyes, but his leaves look rather plump, I wouldn't worry about watering too much, yet!

Thank YOU for being such a good plant parent!

Ok then, I will wait on the watering! I need to learn the signs of needing water by looking at the leaves. Still a lot to learn to keep these babies healthy. I will get back to you in a few weeks with another photo, I will let you two work out the watering schedule.

 

[fluffycrow]

Ok then, I will wait on the watering! I need to learn the signs of needing water by looking at the leaves. Still a lot to learn to keep these babies healthy. I will get back to you in a few weeks with another photo, I will let you two work out the watering schedule.

Wait one or two more weeks, and then post update photos. What I do, and recommend for the spring, summer, and early fall months is water whenever the leaves are not plump. The problem with this is that sometimes overwatered leaves may look shriveled as well. The way you can tell apart an overwatered leaf, from an underwatered one is by texture (one will kind of feel full of water, almost like touching a balloon full of water) and colour. The leaf will be sort of yellow, almost translucent

 

[TwoCrows]

Wait one or two more weeks, and then post update photos. What I do, and recommend for the spring, summer, and early fall months is water whenever the leaves are not plump. The problem with this is that sometimes overwatered leaves may look shriveled as well. The way you can tell apart an overwatered leaf, from an underwatered one is by texture (one will kind of feel full of water, almost like touching a balloon full of water) and colour. The leaf will be sort of yellow, almost translucent

Great info! If I squeeze a leaf, it is firm but there is a tiny bit of softness, like there is still a small bit of water in the leaves, no yellow or translucent leaves. (It did have some translucent leaves along the bottom in November that fell or shriveled off.) I will get back to you with pics in a week or two!

Tink, sorry for the plant hijacking, and now back to our regularly scheduled hatching egg thread!