Just wanted to take a minute to thank you on your videos I very much appreciate them best out there, as a guy that fixed cars my whole life now I live in Florida and have learned a new appreciation for plants instead of machines your a motivator to everyone to always try to improve and learn
Fun fact, there are succulents native or adapted to UK. If you go to uni of Sheffield security building, there is a patch of succulents growing outside in the dirt. I stole one of the leafs and have a full plant now.
Great points. Succulents love unglazed terracotta pots. I’ve used Westland alpine soil instead of cactus & succulent soil, much grittier, but might be too heavy if you want to hang it.
I wonder if the miracle grow bagged mix I use is part of my problem. It stays very moist for awhile. I think it needs more sand or maybe perlite than they give it.
Awesome tips thank you so much for sharing I now know why my plant since chop 8mths ago has not developed new blooms needs more water. May God continue to bless you 🙏
The mix plant pots have made me think if you could take it further and co-plant different plants similar to in food garden: plants that prefer their roots in different depths. Sort of taking advantage of the whole pot depth that way (pots come in rather similar dimensions and I've noticed how some of my plants grow very shallow and stringy roots while others dive deep and have proper rope like structure). The issue that I can think of would be the need to repot to a bigger one quickly if you don't prepare with big enough pot, given that now you have two plants filling the soil and less room to expand to different layers. You'd probably also want a plant that likes more moistness as the one with deeper roots since you will have to water the one living in the upper section a bit more often. Or you'd want to actually layer the different soil/filling materials to be variably pourous depending on the depth. Say more sandy soil at the bottom.
10:28 I have some of these splendid fellas. I’ve noticed that at times when their leaves come off that they have hairy bits that soon follow. Are they trying to root inches above soil? Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m hunting down your succulent videos you mentioned!
thanks very much for all your interesting and instructive videos ... I haven't seen a single "lesson" of yours without learning s.th. very helpful. have a nice weekend! best wishes from Northern Germany Fee (Sorry for my poor English)
Your PVN (purple echeveria) is growing leggier than it should because it's not getting enough light. Even the brightest windows are not comparable to outdoor light so they need to be supplemented with artificial light to grow properly indoors. And watering the potting soil before putting a succulent cutting is very risky and unadvisable, especially if you dont let that cutting callous.
Sedum adolphii is a great ground cover, mine is outside growing under my juniper tree, gets 6 hours morning sun and thriving, yours is stretching its looking for more sunlight
This may be a daft question, but what's the difference between burying the in tact leggy succulent stalk with soil, and burying it in soil once cut? Thanks in advance 🙏🏻
Burying cuttings is different because they don't already have a root system and if they haven't had a chance to callus over, they're prone to rot and infection
I bought a succulent last year and I was wondering why she was growing so tall. I was scared I did something wrong. Now I know what I can do. I've been watering from the bottom since I bought her so I'm glad that's helpful. Anyway, thank you for the wonderful tips!
This is interesting. I have reflected light for all my cactus. Once a month they go outside around lunch time for about 3 hours(returns the coloring) and water weekly. Just the top, and not a lot. The only ones not thriving are the rock looking cacti. They keep peeling.
Hello ! I'm from Paris and I love your videos ! And I love very much the true english accent from Great Britain :) I have a question for you : many plants can be grown simply in a glass of water : pothos, monsteras, calatheas, avocados... I even saw some succulents making roots in a glass of water. Knowing that, can you explain how it is possible to overwater these plants ? If there is only water : they grow. If you add soil : they die. Why ??? Thanks a lot ! Claire
Love the accent , and the show ,I got my husband watching too. where can I find a book on succulents you would reccommend, brought mine in from summer outside and their beginning to shrink die, HELP I bought many and have only half left. Thanks, Joyce
The leaves seem to be falling and they shrivel up. I had taken a couple of them apart yesterday after watching your show and two of the soils were wet I can understand that but the others were on the dryer side I repotted watered them from the bottom as you suggested and now waiting for the results so what looked terrible hopefully will turn out good again I hope this was helpful it's just so sad to see my beautiful plants I have other plants cactuses and regular house plants that have flourished I have owned at one time over 300 plants look like your house so I guess succulents are not my thing. Thanks again love the show
About the rock bottom - if you put fiberglass or carbon fibre layer, the soul will not leak into the false bottom. If you can't afford or find the fibre, plastic layer with thick needle holes will do the trick, albeit worse.
Are you being hyperbolic on your echeveria growing leggy. I keep mine on a sunny window sill and water maybe 1 or 2 times a month. It hasn't grown a centimeter taller in a year. No etiolation, just incredible shape and color to admire...
Question abt the compost. The compost im familar with in Central Indiana is made from horse or cow manure and has chunks of poop. It's good for outdoor gardening, but indoor houseplants? Maybe there's another type of indoor compost you all could recommend recommend!
Could you possibly give some advice on caring for thanksgiving cactus. I inherited one from my dad but in last 3 years it's only ever had 2 or 3 flowers even though plant itself seems healthy
Surprisingly I've had success with these even though I'm good at killing many other people plants in my past. I believe they need some of the darker longer nights and colder temps and less watering like poinsettia but not as picky. I live in Hardy zone 6 so around September I put the cactus outside, out of direct sunlight (ok if a few hours in morning or evening) and forget about it. It usually starts it with a good watering then ignore it. The temps go down to 50 at night, warmer and sunny in the day. By mid October when some of my garden plants are dying from too cold, then I freak out and remember the cactus and bring it back in, water if soil is dry. I hear they grow in the crooks of other trees, like being crowded or snug in the pot and used to indirect light. I've also given them a mist of water if the leaves get wrinkly during this, usually stick it in the kitchen sink and mist all over. Check on it a few hours later, must again if needed, checking underneath. Make sure any watering has drained and back by indirect light. Flowers by Thanksgiving, last year a little after Halloween.
Thank you Richard, for another wonderful plant video. You're the only plant channel that I watch. Your advice is simple and effective. Thank you for helping me be a better plant parent 🪴 ❤ 😃
i need some advice on my succulent . it grew like multiple stems out from the bottom . looks very messy . is it a good idea to cut off the others try propagating . scared to damage the main plant
@@SheffieldMadePlants when would be the best time to propagate? does time really matter ? i hear some people say like best during spring and all . but my climate here its hot all year so...
To get them to bloom you have to provide them with cooler climent and longer periods of darkness. This will get then to bloom. I live in south Florida and we have one outside and it always flowers during winter when our temperature drops to the 60s and the nights are longer.
I need to do a big chop for a succulent but I thought that spring time was best for that. Should I really chop it off right now at the end of summer? Will it root? Is fall a growing season?
Do you happen to have a video about african violets, mine suddenly stopped doing well after being with me for several years and I'm not sure what to do 😢
I haven't really had amy succulents since I was a child. I do want to have a few now. Thank you for the video and advice 👍🏻 I have an Aloe Vera that's surviving and alive, but yeah, just surviving
@@SheffieldMadePlants No idea 🤷♂ It's been looking like it was about to die since I bought it about a year ago, but somehow it's still alive... I might get rid of it tho Too many brownish leaves even for me I need a place to put my new Dracaena Fragrans, when it gets out of the bathroom quarantine in a couple of weeks, so it's likely to be bye, bye Aloe Vera I always wanted to have an Aloe Vera, but I guess we just weren't meant for each other 😜🤣
Even though succulents are not my thing, I'll hang because I like your stuff 😄 maybe in the future it'll prove useful if I can give someone a tip I learned from you, who knows
I drive the struggle bus when i try to grow succulents 😅 i can keep aloe alive but others die on me. I’ve even killed air plants 😅 but i can grow a whole garden outside no prob lol 😹
I think I dodged the bullet. I mis-cut my aeonium by making a horizontal cut through the rosette. Surprisingly the are two growths sprouting from atop of the rosette
The correct pronunciation is Echeveria, not 'Ekeberia', couse they where discovered by Atanasio Echeverría who was mexican so the pronunciation is like in spanish. Algo Echeverria is an basque surname and the pronunciation is the same.
@@SheffieldMadePlants do you think I should cut some of them off? I noticed they grow much slower than the babies that grew from fallen leaves and I wonder if it's gonna be bad for the plant to have so many shoots
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Just wanted to take a minute to thank you on your videos I very much appreciate them best out there, as a guy that fixed cars my whole life now I live in Florida and have learned a new appreciation for plants instead of machines your a motivator to everyone to always try to improve and learn
Wow, thanks!
This is a great and sweet comment
Fun fact, there are succulents native or adapted to UK.
If you go to uni of Sheffield security building, there is a patch of succulents growing outside in the dirt.
I stole one of the leafs and have a full plant now.
In Iceland too you can see some tiny tiny tinty succulents in the wild !
I’ll have a look when I’m next there 👍
Bonsai soil makes great top dressing for succulents. It's porous, airy, and looks great.
Thanks for the tip
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A terrarium with a leggy echeveria acting like a tree would be fun. Lots of great info! Thank you!
Very clever advertising with the plant analogy. Smart.😊
Thanks! 😃
Great points. Succulents love unglazed terracotta pots. I’ve used Westland alpine soil instead of cactus & succulent soil, much grittier, but might be too heavy if you want to hang it.
Sounds great!
I wonder if the miracle grow bagged mix I use is part of my problem. It stays very moist for awhile. I think it needs more sand or maybe perlite than they give it.
Awesome tips thank you so much for sharing I now know why my plant since chop 8mths ago has not developed new blooms needs more water. May God continue to bless you 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Good morning from Missouri. It's nice when insomnia pays off! 😅☕️
I'm north of K.C. This channel is very informative. 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you 😊
I made a succulent terrarium in 2019 and it’s going strong. No drainage holes so I’m careful watering only when needed. I need more of them!
Nice!
I have had two succulents for just over a year now in an apartment. Thanks for the tips and encouragement!
You bet!
Why haven't I found your channel earlier?! Your videos gave me answers to all the questions I had about my plants! Thank you!
Happy to help!
The mix plant pots have made me think if you could take it further and co-plant different plants similar to in food garden: plants that prefer their roots in different depths. Sort of taking advantage of the whole pot depth that way (pots come in rather similar dimensions and I've noticed how some of my plants grow very shallow and stringy roots while others dive deep and have proper rope like structure). The issue that I can think of would be the need to repot to a bigger one quickly if you don't prepare with big enough pot, given that now you have two plants filling the soil and less room to expand to different layers. You'd probably also want a plant that likes more moistness as the one with deeper roots since you will have to water the one living in the upper section a bit more often. Or you'd want to actually layer the different soil/filling materials to be variably pourous depending on the depth. Say more sandy soil at the bottom.
You’ve always got interesting ideas
I never watch any plant videos but yours!!!
Glad you like them 😁
10:28 I have some of these splendid fellas. I’ve noticed that at times when their leaves come off that they have hairy bits that soon follow. Are they trying to root inches above soil?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I’m hunting down your succulent videos you mentioned!
Maybe 🤷🏻♂️
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing succulents lovely collection beautiful video
Thank you too
thanks very much for all your interesting and instructive videos ... I haven't seen a single "lesson" of yours without learning s.th. very helpful.
have a nice weekend! best wishes from Northern Germany
Fee
(Sorry for my poor English)
Great to hear!
Your PVN (purple echeveria) is growing leggier than it should because it's not getting enough light. Even the brightest windows are not comparable to outdoor light so they need to be supplemented with artificial light to grow properly indoors. And watering the potting soil before putting a succulent cutting is very risky and unadvisable, especially if you dont let that cutting callous.
Never had a problem not letting it callous over
I've really enjoyed watching your learning process, as you teach us 💗
Thanks so much 😊
Sedum adolphii is a great ground cover, mine is outside growing under my juniper tree, gets 6 hours morning sun and thriving, yours is stretching its looking for more sunlight
That’s the brightest spot I’ve got!
This may be a daft question, but what's the difference between burying the in tact leggy succulent stalk with soil, and burying it in soil once cut? Thanks in advance 🙏🏻
Burying cuttings is different because they don't already have a root system and if they haven't had a chance to callus over, they're prone to rot and infection
@@seanathanbeanathan I now understand! Thanks ❤️
You can put succulent cuttings straight into soil as long as the soil is dry
lol.. last month I chopped down all my stonecrop, not realizing it wants to be vertical, oh well, at least it's all growing back!
I bought a succulent last year and I was wondering why she was growing so tall. I was scared I did something wrong. Now I know what I can do. I've been watering from the bottom since I bought her so I'm glad that's helpful. Anyway, thank you for the wonderful tips!
Glad I could help!
This is interesting. I have reflected light for all my cactus. Once a month they go outside around lunch time for about 3 hours(returns the coloring) and water weekly. Just the top, and not a lot. The only ones not thriving are the rock looking cacti. They keep peeling.
Thanks for sharing 👍
I bottom water for 35 minutes. Then let in drain, I put them in a bowl with the water .
Have you tried using alternative substrates, on green roofs we use recycled bricks, lecca and a small amount of soil sedum loves it.
I’m trying new things at the mo
Hello !
I'm from Paris and I love your videos ! And I love very much the true english accent from Great Britain :)
I have a question for you : many plants can be grown simply in a glass of water : pothos, monsteras, calatheas, avocados... I even saw some succulents making roots in a glass of water. Knowing that, can you explain how it is possible to overwater these plants ?
If there is only water : they grow. If you add soil : they die.
Why ???
Thanks a lot !
Claire
Thank you! A mix of soil and water means no oxygen which is the killer. Water by itself is fine
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thanks a lot ! Maybe I should try more draining soil...
This is a great video, and it helped a lot to care for my succlent.
Glad it was helpful!
Love the accent , and the show ,I got my husband watching too. where can I find a book on succulents you would reccommend, brought mine in from summer outside and their beginning to shrink die, HELP I bought many and have only half left. Thanks, Joyce
Thanks! I don’t really have a book recommendation. What does it seem like it happening?
The leaves seem to be falling and they shrivel up. I had taken a couple of them apart yesterday after watching your show and two of the soils were wet I can understand that but the others were on the dryer side I repotted watered them from the bottom as you suggested and now waiting for the results so what looked terrible hopefully will turn out good again I hope this was helpful it's just so sad to see my beautiful plants I have other plants cactuses and regular house plants that have flourished I have owned at one time over 300 plants look like your house so I guess succulents are not my thing. Thanks again love the show
About the rock bottom - if you put fiberglass or carbon fibre layer, the soul will not leak into the false bottom.
If you can't afford or find the fibre, plastic layer with thick needle holes will do the trick, albeit worse.
As always, great video with lots of great info! Happy Saturday! ☺️🌱🪴
Thanks! You too!
Are you being hyperbolic on your echeveria growing leggy. I keep mine on a sunny window sill and water maybe 1 or 2 times a month. It hasn't grown a centimeter taller in a year. No etiolation, just incredible shape and color to admire...
I love the different look of succulents but I've killed a couple so I have steered away from them. I want to try again and try cactus as well
You’ve got this ✊
Do succulents die when they are moved from pillar to post? just to get a good light source for heat as well.
Thank you Sir, for this fab. Video.
No they shouldn’t die from being moved
Thank you , I really appreciate you taking the time to reply Sir.
Would you mind telling me which plant is in timestamp 0:46? Thanks!
A sedum of some type
Great info on succulents,I have many and needed this info.
Glad it was helpful!
Well that explains how i messed up one of my Echeverias ! Thank you !
Glad I could help!
Question abt the compost. The compost im familar with in Central Indiana is made from horse or cow manure and has chunks of poop. It's good for outdoor gardening, but indoor houseplants? Maybe there's another type of indoor compost you all could recommend recommend!
I’m not sure what’s available in the states. Might just be potting soil but not sure
Great video. Love your collection ❤
Thanks!
Could you possibly give some advice on caring for thanksgiving cactus. I inherited one from my dad but in last 3 years it's only ever had 2 or 3 flowers even though plant itself seems healthy
I’ve owned one before sorry
Thanks
Surprisingly I've had success with these even though I'm good at killing many other people plants in my past. I believe they need some of the darker longer nights and colder temps and less watering like poinsettia but not as picky. I live in Hardy zone 6 so around September I put the cactus outside, out of direct sunlight (ok if a few hours in morning or evening) and forget about it. It usually starts it with a good watering then ignore it. The temps go down to 50 at night, warmer and sunny in the day. By mid October when some of my garden plants are dying from too cold, then I freak out and remember the cactus and bring it back in, water if soil is dry. I hear they grow in the crooks of other trees, like being crowded or snug in the pot and used to indirect light. I've also given them a mist of water if the leaves get wrinkly during this, usually stick it in the kitchen sink and mist all over. Check on it a few hours later, must again if needed, checking underneath. Make sure any watering has drained and back by indirect light. Flowers by Thanksgiving, last year a little after Halloween.
Thank you Richard, for another wonderful plant video. You're the only plant channel that I watch. Your advice is simple and effective. Thank you for helping me be a better plant parent 🪴 ❤ 😃
You are very welcome
😃
Love your videos!
Keep it up :D
Cheers from Switzerland
Glad you like them!
Hi edagdwg this is a Great way of making new plants and sharing more a forever fan Linda j .peace
You bet!
Can water therapy enable roots to grow from an echeveria who is dehydrated and NO roots on them?
Furthermore with stem is calloused already.
What do you mean by water therapy?
As in, a bit of the stem of a echeveria say, immersed in water till roots show up however, after the stem has calloused.
i need some advice on my succulent . it grew like multiple stems out from the bottom . looks very messy . is it a good idea to cut off the others try propagating . scared to damage the main plant
Yeah they can propagate
@@SheffieldMadePlants when would be the best time to propagate? does time really matter ? i hear some people say like best during spring and all . but my climate here its hot all year so...
I love your videos! So succulents in a terrarium don’t need full sun? 😊
Thanks!
Excellent video. I learned some new things.😊
Excellent!
How many times should I water them?
When the soil is dry. I water them about every 2/3 weeks but depends on your climate and where they live
This video came just in time because im great at keeping my leafy green plants alive and well, but im struggling with my succulents!
To get them to bloom you have to provide them with cooler climent and longer periods of darkness. This will get then to bloom. I live in south Florida and we have one outside and it always flowers during winter when our temperature drops to the 60s and the nights are longer.
Great!
I need to do a big chop for a succulent but I thought that spring time was best for that. Should I really chop it off right now at the end of summer? Will it root? Is fall a growing season?
Give it enough light and it will root
Do you happen to have a video about african violets, mine suddenly stopped doing well after being with me for several years and I'm not sure what to do 😢
No sorry don’t have the plant
Thanks
You bet!
And these I water from the bottom too , that’s fine right?
Yep that’s what I do
Love the Sedum!
I'm about to buy my first succulents the coming weeks so this comes in handy :-)
Wonderful!
I haven't really had amy succulents since I was a child. I do want to have a few now.
Thank you for the video and advice 👍🏻
I have an Aloe Vera that's surviving and alive, but yeah, just surviving
What’s your secret??
@@SheffieldMadePlants No idea 🤷♂
It's been looking like it was about to die since I bought it about a year ago, but somehow it's still alive... I might get rid of it tho
Too many brownish leaves even for me
I need a place to put my new Dracaena Fragrans, when it gets out of the bathroom quarantine in a couple of weeks, so it's likely to be bye, bye Aloe Vera
I always wanted to have an Aloe Vera, but I guess we just weren't meant for each other 😜🤣
Ugh, my Aloe is my bane. I try just ignoring it but that hasn't helped.
I have so many Von Nurnbergs because I Marie Antoinette the adult ones yearly 😂 none of my other Echeverias get tall like this guy does
🤣
Even though succulents are not my thing, I'll hang because I like your stuff 😄 maybe in the future it'll prove useful if I can give someone a tip I learned from you, who knows
Great stuff 👍
Awesome video as usual, ❤
Thank you so much
Great video
Thanks!
I have it on good authority that Richard will unlock another speaking cadence at 200k subs
Working in it 😁
I drive the struggle bus when i try to grow succulents 😅 i can keep aloe alive but others die on me. I’ve even killed air plants 😅 but i can grow a whole garden outside no prob lol 😹
Just buy tons more 😅
Can all of these sedum species overwinter? I guess that's a stupid question.
I think I dodged the bullet. I mis-cut my aeonium by making a horizontal cut through the rosette. Surprisingly the are two growths sprouting from atop of the rosette
What should we do if our Succulent is affected by Spider mite😮
Wash it down and treat with an insecticide
@@SheffieldMadePlants does washing breaks Echeverias?
@@sahandmahdavi6134 shouldn't do but not certain. They get rained on in the wild so should be fine
@@SheffieldMadePlants thanks a lot 🪴
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❤ your plant is groving they will be trend setters.😅
I wish!
The correct pronunciation is Echeveria, not 'Ekeberia', couse they where discovered by Atanasio Echeverría who was mexican so the pronunciation is like in spanish. Algo Echeverria is an basque surname and the pronunciation is the same.
Old dog and all that
What succulent is beeing shown in the thumbnail?
Echeveria
Lovely script
Thanks!
The compost is why you have fungus gnats
I've tried growing succulents indoor and it always become leggy so outdoor growing doesn't get leggy
o noes! do i see et's fingers? LOL
😁
Etch-eh-veh-ree-yuh
"don't throw away the plant you just cut, it should sprout a new shoot or two"
my echeveria: *aggressively sprouts 17 shoots from everywhere*
😳
@@SheffieldMadePlants do you think I should cut some of them off? I noticed they grow much slower than the babies that grew from fallen leaves and I wonder if it's gonna be bad for the plant to have so many shoots
@@micheller3251 yea probably
I am definitely a succulent killer!
😬
Echeveria is a Latin derived word. The "ch" is pronounced as a "k" sound. I have a couple hundred succulents and cacti. I bottom water.
Very nice!