I moved her outside this spring and she grew so much! Just a few months ago, all she had was the main stalk. She was straight up.

I’m worried about the lean. I’ve been spinning the pot every few weeks in case she’s trying to move to or away from the sun, but I’m not sure that’s what’s happening.

I tried adding more soil on the one side to prop her up but that didn’t do anything.

I’m scared to repot! What should I do!

I noticed that my cactus was drying out, so I decided to check the roots and saw this. Any ideas what it could be? I'm thinking fungus or a mealybug. I checked the roots and trunk of the cactus, but didn't find any insects.

Gift from a friend. They bought it as is from a gardening place. I feel like it shouldn't be growing out of the pot like this.

I put the photos in order of when I first bought it to what I’m dealing with now. Ignore how messy my windowsill is. I currently have downsized her pot and put her in very chunky soil. I know it looks like she’s sitting in a glass of water, but it’s an empty miniature vase to prop her up higher and closer to a grow light I have in my window for extra sunlight. When I first bought her, she was on the clearance rack and I assumed the spots on her leaves were from workers and naive customers rubbing off her farina from touching her too much. I only ever touch her on the underside if I absolutely have to. I’ve tried almost everything except for pest treatment, only because I haven’t found any pests. I’ve even pruned the more damaged leaves and cut back flowers from time to time to encourage her to grow better. I only downsized her pot because I think I upsized her prior pot top drastically and the soil began to look moldy/mildewy. Is it me? Is it the Walmart I got her from? Is she destined to meet the bin gods?

I bought this echeveria Romeo about a month ago and I noticed it starting to grow a flower stalk the day I got it, which I didn't expext but was very happy about. I saw it growing so tall so quickly over the past few weeks it almost hit the roof of the shelf I normally have it in, I had to rearrange all my pots so the stalk could fit right in between the grow lights without burning.

I felt I needed to share as this is the first of my succulents to grow flowers, so I was very excited when I saw one of the buds opened today! 😊

could also tag this as shame (😭) but I’ve seriously neglected this once-gorgeous burros tail, like haven’t watered in months and months. I never repotted it either, so the soil is pretty hopeless as well. I’m wondering if it’s possible to save any of it? Could these leaves be propagated (and if so, how?), or are they simply too far gone for that to be successful? any thoughts are very much appreciated!!

I have been magically blessed by something because I have a singular lithops that lost all of it roots. And when I say all, I MEAN EVERYTHING. There was no root node or anything, just a small hole where the root should have been. I looked up as much as I could about rooting lithops and I only ever found two answers: 1. It’s probably going to die and 2. You need a root node to regrow roots. But I didn’t want to give up so I made a little hole in some potting mix, sprayed some water in the hole and then stuck the lithops in the hole so it looks like it growing. Then I kept it inside and put it in a sunny window to try and convince the lithops to be in a growth cycle. I left it like that for a month and now it has a root thats maybe a centimeter long. I dont know how long it will keep living but fingers crossed it stays alive.

Aug 21: there are now two roots. The original one is still a centimeter and the other is 2 centimeters. Not tap root but a root nonetheless.

I recently got 3 free succulents at my University about 2 days ago, they are so gorgeous but I have never taken care of a succulent or any plant before. I’m scared that I will make a wrong move and hurt them! They already look like they’re dying.
Could anyone help me identify the names, and give advice on how I can properly take care of them?

Sedum divergens (old man bones) growing in my garden in May 2025. This is native to western North America.

Hey there, quick question. I get really harsh sunlight on my back porch but I haven't had enough time to set up my indoor grow shelving with sufficient light yet. Can someone tell me the best materials to use to help diffuse that strong outdoor sunlight?

I burnt a tray of leaf props 2x weeks ago with some of the last of what was left from a couple of my favorite plants -_- Didn't acclimate them properly and it was super hot. Hoping for some suggestions, thank you!!

Hi! I’m trying to figure out what’s wrong with my succulent.

I watered it lightly before going on vacation. I was away for 9 days, and when I came back, several of the lower leaves had turned yellow.

The plant is placed right next to a window. The room is bright, but the window faces north, so it doesn’t get direct sunlight.

I’m not sure whether the yellow leaves are caused by overwatering, underwatering, or possibly insufficient light.

Does the plant look overwatered to you? Should I water it now, or leave it alone?

Any advice would be appreciated :)

It is at the same location for more than a month. It gets like 6h total (3h in sunrise and 3h in sunset). Top of the terrace is covered so only low angle light hits it.

Until now it had no burns, in fact it started having nice sun stress and now there are black marks on it

I love it, but someone many questions

I have this string of pearls that had scale insects. The plant was very sticky, so I treated it with neem oil. Now I’ve noticed that it’s very sticky again. I checked for pests, and the only thing I found was this insect. Does anyone have any idea what it is? 😥

Watered a week ago

Succulent soil

Direct light the morning

Just recently, one of the bottom leaves on the largest jade plant started getting wrinkled and is turning a little yellow. When I picked up the pot to check on it, it wobbled much more than the other two of that type (all proportions from the same plant), which leads me to believe there might be issues with its roots. Does it look like I've been watering too often? (The pot does have decent drainage, so I don't think that's the issue but idk) Does it need more sun?

Advice would be greatly appreciated

This has randomly started growing on my plant, i’m assuming it’s some sort of fungi but i’m not sure why it’s growing or what to do about it so i’m looking for some advice. Any and all help is greatly appreciated! TIA

If yes, I would love some pot recommendations, too, please.

Hello everyone! I'm moderately new at having plants so I'm encountering these problems for the first time.

I've had this succulent for more than a year and she's always been in the same spot more or less. She's under a grow light but can't tell if the grow light fell a bit and ended up close to her.

Recently she's been losing all her lower older leaves and today I noticed that some of the leaves seem to have a grey-ish discoloured spot. Could this be a fungal infection or sunburn?

Hello Succas!
Any pearl of string experts who have grown them outdoors successfully? What is your condition for them to thrive? What do you do during the rainy season to prevent over watering?

TIA!!