Fix A Leggy Succulent EASILY
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- čas přidán 18. 02. 2022
- Fix a leggy succulent easily. All succulents become leggy or stretched out after a while and there is a simple fix so you don't have to throw out your ugly succulent.
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I believed this method when I saw the plant topple over and fall. Thanks for not editing that out. I’m not as clumsy as I thought
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My husband appreciated that moment, too.
Nice video. In my experience with succulents in general, you should allow leaves and cuttings to sit out in the air for a few days before planting. This allows for the cut end to scab over and helps them not to rot. When I've tried planting right away, I get up to 50% loss due to rot.
Fair enough. I’ve not experienced failure myself but to be safe sure let them callous 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants Yes, I'm definitely not suggesting they will definitely rot. That has just been my own personal experience :) I just brought my succulents indoors for the winter and will have to start some cutting and propagations here shortly.
Q: I recently bought a very similar looking succulent (I don’t know the name), and it’s definitely become “leggy”. I will try this, but my question is, is it going to make a significant difference if my only light source is a huge - East facing window? I have about 70 plants all kinda crammed in front of this window (it’s 20’ across), and they’re all doing magnificently. And they’re all sorts, but this is my first succulent. I know they like lots of indirect light, but will east facing be enough? I thought maybe that was why it’s become leggy.
@@wipqueen715 morning sun is good. Give them direct sun if you can
@@wipqueen715 Succulents do become leggy because of not enough light. If you noticed your succulent becoming leggy after placing it in front of the window, then it is just not enough light for it. I personally keep my succulents under an artificial light because my windows don't get enough to make them happy. If you are thinking about adding some lights to your plants, don't bother with buying grow lights- just get some full spectrum (daylight) LED lights. So much cheaper and work well!
It would be cool if you would show how they look after a couple of weeks. By the way, in the name of my plants and my own, I thank you for this channel. It's great!
Thanks for the feedback 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants Just new to the channel here, I learned so much in a few videos ! Did you actually made a follow up video to this one ? I could not find it.
@@Fuzzi974 hey. I didn’t but I made this short and I used the same plant to cut it back again
czcams.com/users/shortsPPwfKF8Bf4A?feature=share
Hmmmm
You do not have to cut it because they have they have the potential to grow into a small tree. I have a Mexican flame succulent that grew into a tree in several years and it has clusters of leaves coming out of branches that is quite stunning.
I was about to throw away the same plant and somehow CZcams recommended this video. This just saved my life and my plant as well hahaha thank you!!!
Glad I could help!
I make holes in soil with a chopstick so stems and cuttings fit in snugly. Wiggle it around a bit if you need to increase the hole size. Great for when you’re adding rooted stem in an existing plant to make it fuller. 😊
Great minds 😁
It looks beautiful to me as it is, with the stem.
I have started to repot mine into hanging baskets. As the stems get longer, the head starts to grow downward. Then the bare stem starts to grow baby plants.
I have lots of little babies growing from the base of my leggy Hercules!
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Thank god I found this I have so many leggy succulents and was wondering how to fix them/propagate them (I knew it was possible but didn't know how).
Glad I could help
perfect - it wasn’t high on my priorities to fix so hadn’t looked for an answer - and along you come with the cavalry!
Glad you found it useful 😁
I like this video. I was laughing seeing you struggling with the tiny pot and trying not to touch the leaves of the big succulent but later giving up and pushing down the plant from its top! Soooo funny.
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I would love to see an update of this video concerning how the succulentbase that was cut, and the pulled off leaves were doing afterwards, and if they grew into plants.
Not got an update video but it's grown great. I've cut it back again since this video too
@@SheffieldMadePlantsplease do updates in future...it is very beneficial to see the outcome xx
Well?! Any update yet?!
I did a couple 3 months back. One has decently sprouted and another is only just budding. I had to move them to a place where my partner would water them, because he left them dry.
Oh I skipped a heartbeat when it fell 😅. This was a very guiding video. Mine is getting long leggy too. Thanks ☺️
😂 thanks
there is a wrong tag on the plant. This is not Ech. Gibbifloria. this is probably Ech. Perle von Nurnberg.
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That’s what it looks like to me too.
Thank you for this, I just did two of mine and have watched your Monstera videos for help too!
Thankyou so much, I will def try this with mine today🌴
You bet!
Very helpful!
Good ,informative video-thanks
Glad you liked it
I am glad to watch your video bcoz it gives me idea of how to propagate my echeveria plant ,
Great thanks. Surprisingly easy to propagate
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I’m in Midwest and have quickly learned succulents hate it here lol. I kept trying to put mine outside for the full sun, and then a sudden downpour would happen. Meanwhile, I’d suddenly be RUNNING out into the storm to get my babies….. soaked by the rains. :…( So far, I haven’t been able to grow any dang potted succulent outdoors for this reason. Sister just gave me some of this sedum, fingers crossed that it goes better 🙏
Glad I found your channel!
Me too! 😁
Great video, I would love to see how they turned out. Mine get super leggy and weird but that's why we like them. One experiment I tried was removing one or two leaves from near the top. Not to replant. I wanted to see if a new plant would branch and it did. I love the symmetry of them but also the random weirdness of how they grow. I get to grow them outdoors in my climate so I don't know how it would work in Sheffield or other climate not native to them. All kudos to you for your videos. They are a great help.
I have to repeat this process every year. Thanks for watching 😁
Thanks 🙏
well I did it in a different way. I cut & put it in water when it gave me roots. I transplanted in into a pot, which gave me a good & healthy Plant. I hope it helps
Sure 👌
I have a couple looking worst then yours lol. Every morning when I water my plants i always stood and look at it wondering what i can do, glad I run into this video of yours. Even I've watched manu if your recent videos. Now I know what to do. What I would do is use a tweeter to push the stem down. Thanks for the infor!
Nice tip thanks
Should have a follow up video so we can see the results??
I have done this, but I put the cut plant in a small espresso cup with water to root. When it has sufficient roots, then I transplant in a specialized succulent / cactus mix medium and small terracotta pot.
Nice!
Ahh, thanks for this. I was snipping the top and potting up but throwing away the base. I'll hold onto it next time. Mine gets very tall and bends over.
Cheers Stephen
I love your channel but I have one thing I’d love to see you do and that’s showing the results of your propagations at the end of the video. Are you able to edit in that footage after you post the video or even have videos where you wait until you see progress that you can share before you post? I’d love to see that! Cheers mate and thanks for the informative videos that I thoroughly enjoy!
Thanks Joe. I started doing that for other prop videos. Unfortunately I can’t edit into an existing video. I
Might have posted a picture on the channel. The plant grew successfully and the old stem grew two new stems
I buy rejects for a huge discount. Ive kinda accepted the way they look. I pick the rejected plants and animals. They like feeling good and loved too. Good to know i can get them backed down and filled in. I think they will end up much happier being properly supported if i do this for a few of them. Thank you!
I have asked so many local stores if I can have the “no good” ones but they won’t discount them. When I asked why, they said “bc there are plenty of healthy ones to purchase & we only discount when those are gone first.” ME: WHAT THE WHAT?!?
@@jameemaree4602 im not asking for free ones though. I have a bunch of plant nurseries in my area so there's always discount or damaged ones.
I like my succulents growing like a little tree.
I wonder if surgical glove could help not sure sometime static perhaps could effect leaves
Looked a bit fiddly but you managed to succeed in the end 😄.
Haha it really was!
You might try a chopstick to help you poke holes in the soil and cover the stems without touching the leaves.
Thank you for this exciting video Sir,
Will gloves do the trick of not knocking off that farina? Coz of oils on fingers don't come in direct contact then, just a thought, not sure twill work.
It’s probably better yes 👍
Rooting powder has anti-fungal properties, which prevents infection. You should have used a bigger pot for the old plant.
hey. what is the potting mix that you have used for the succulents?
Roughly 5 parts compost or potting soil and 2 parts perlite
@@SheffieldMadePlants Thank you sir
I would have never thought of doing that. How did it work out?
Great. I do it every spring
🤣🤣🤣 when it fell out…that’s so me 😂😂😂
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Me too!!!! I’m the girl that goes to water the garden and sprays self in face. Every. Single. Time. Fails.
@@jameemaree4602 😂
Q: My echeveria got very neglected and is now on the end of an extremely long stem as I was nervous to prune it, but now I'm afraid if it's too far gone whether I can still propagate it this way and it regrow, both from the echeveria roots and the top growth
The top will definitely root. The bottom might sprout new stems
Once you cut the crown, you do not have to let it callous over before you plant it?
You can do to be safe and sure it won’t rot. Mine has developed roots successfully and has grown on a bit.
Thank you
Can u not just unpot it and then pot the whole plant deeper? Or would that encourage rotting?
I think you’d run the risk of the stem rotting if you bury it deeper. It’s better to behead and let it develop new roots. Plus you get more plants this way.
I like to try and watch ads to support the CZcams channel, but a 20 minute commercial…give me a break, really? Not your fault I know. Thank you for your video. I have some old succulents and they’re looking very “woody” now I feel confident about how to spruce them up. And big bonus~new plants😊
Thanks vince 👍
Put it in a bigger pot so you can water it easily.
Hi Shef! I have a Gasteria, it’s new to me, have any tips on care? From what I’ve read it likes hot, dry, shady conditions… help! 💖🇺🇸😁
Watering is the main thing. Be very sparing. You don’t want to give too much and it turn mushy.
This pot is way too small to repot a succulent of that size. Go up a size from its original pot. You can leave leaves to air propagate as well to avoid rot. Beautiful succa though 😊
Yes, you are right
En mi experencia lo que yo hubiera hecho sería cortar mas arriba la roseta y dejar el tallo mas largo con algunas hojas para permitir que ese tallo largo sacara más rosetas nuevas de igual manera ponemos a propagar las hojas que quedan. :)
Please make a follow up video. M waiting. Want to do the same to my succulent..but only after you succeed :D
Will do!
Can you do this to a Jade plant with a trunk about 3cm?
Yes you can propagate a Jade in much the same way 👍 I've got a video on that
I have a succulent just like that ❤😊
Can’t the plant just regrow leaves???
Does it have to be potting soil?
I've bought houseplant compost, and I have some perlite.
Is that ok?
Mine is soooo top heavy, that I've had to lean it on another flowerpot, or else it would have cracked the stem I think.
That’s good 👍
@@SheffieldMadePlants ohh, excellent. Thank You 😊
Found your site a few weeks ago.... it's REALLY good. Love your no nonsense style. 💐
What’s wrong with leggy plant
I’d like an update on this succulent!! Did you get any babies from the leaves?
Trying to remember 😅. I might have donated them
Can you not bury the stem with more potting soil or would it rot?
I think it would rot
can we keep succulent size the same by not repotting them to a bigger pot? will they die from years of lacking space?
It'll take a long time to die anyway
Very useful, thank you! I have a little crassula that's become so leggy that it needs a chopstick to stay up straight. Do you think I can do the same procedure even if it's October and we're approaching the season when succulents become dormant (zzzz)?
I’d probably wait till the spring
Thanks from Italy!
Could you please explain, what you do with all the new plants you get from the one you have cut and the leafs that will grow? Are you doing that only for the chanel and for explanation of the possibility or are you doing this on regular basis? If you are doing it on regular basis, where do you keep all the new plants? My plants have overgrown my apartment, and still there ar plants that I want to have and love, but nowhere to put them. I think I am addicted :)
I’ve got plants everywhere. Too many to be honest. Like you I struggle to find space for all my little projects. I have these cuttings sprinkled around my house. I’m getting a shelf unit built on my windowsill so I can layer my plants.
What about giving them away to friends or the charity shops 😊 I would love someone who gave me their plants as I’m not very good with them.
I have a Jelly Bean succulent, I have noticed that they tend to grow upward rather than bushing out. Is there any way to correct this?
You could try pruning it back to get new stems
On one of my plants, all the leaves started dropping off and the plant died but most of the leaves had tiny roots. Is this common? I have successfully grown some baby plants from the leaves.
Yep you can propagate from the leaves s👍
When you cut the plant, did you need to water the remaining cut stalk/stump?
Treat it as a normal plant and new stems can sprout
@@SheffieldMadePlants Hi, sorry I don't know what that means? The cut 'stump', did you water it after to get it going or just leave it? Apologies, I just don't really know when to water during this process. I have a similar situation where I peeled away the dead/rotten lower leaves snipped the stem then stuck it in soil but I sprayed that soil a little with water and kept the plant out of direct sunlight (which I dont even know is the right thing to do) but regarding the stump part, did you spray it with a little water or just left it as is? Thanks.
@@EvilestGem I left it
Is it best to wear rubber gloves when handling succulents ?
I don’t
Is it good practice to let the succulent form a callus before putting in soil?
To be safe yes
How would you do that please?
Just leave them out of the soil for a couple of days???
@@Mortthemoose 24 hours will do
My stalk just did not grow after 4 months but top of plant has grown roots in a week. Can you root this in water?
I’ve not tried it but shouldn’t be a problem
@@SheffieldMadePlants ok ill give it a go then!
Most can be rooted in water. I have some baby tears succulents that I trimmed (the cuttings have roots even before trimming) and they are in a bowl until I have time to plant them. I just spritz water over them every few days 🙂
I wonder: why not (if you can) re-pot it so that it buries the exposed ‘stem’? (-is that what it’s called, a stem?, in the case of succulents?).
It risks rotting the stem if you bury it deep in soil
How often do you water the plant that you cut and repotted?
When the soil is dry. Maybe once a month
I use an old teaspoon to flatten the earth around plants like that. I have fat fingers. :)
So do I 😂
that looks more like an pearle von numberg
all my succulent leaves rot if i try prop tgem like that ive got a leaf tip only just covered and its not doing anything
Hmm must be issues with watering
I have one that has a very, very long stem. What do I do? Cut it down close to the soil?
Yep. You don’t need loads of stem for it to grow roots
Is it because of a low light situation ? Just wondering !!
@@maureensamson4863 that will make the leggyness quicker
Weirdly, I've tried growing them on my East facing window in my living room (I don't have ANY south facing windows), and they've grown extremely leggy, and just looked horrible. I've done that twice. I love succulents though, so I couldn't help but buy one more! Decided to put that on my landing windowsill, which believe it or not, faces my neighbours house (we are in semi detached houses here), and faces north! It has grown absolutely perfectly!! 😅 .....Well, except that the crown is sooo heavy that I've had to lean it on another pot, until I follow the instructions in this video.
Would wearing gloves help with not damaging the leaves when repotting?
It would stop oils from your hands getting on the leaves actually 👍
If my soil seems dry should I give it some water before putting the plant in? Or is it best to just water the plant and soil after it’s been replanted?
Either will work 👍
It is best to let the cut part callous over (one day) before planting. If you are splitting or repotting whole plants (where the roots are disturbed) it is best to wait a day to water, or, water, then wait a day or 2, then transplant....
@@cindyhenry1410 thank you! If I’m repotting a whole plant do I need to let the roots dry out like I would a cut stem? Or is that only if I rinse the roots and they’re wet?
Is there an update video of the plants?
Nope sorry not had a chance. I’ve since cut it back again.
This pot is a bit small I'd say..
Can I keep cutttings and stalk outside while they root?
How do you mean?
@@SheffieldMadePlants can the cuttings and cut stalk be kept outdoors in full sun or should they be kept inside until they root?
@@damionmarquez1509 if the temps right and kept out of sun
Never saw someone angle their leaf cuttings before, I’ll try that! I have a plate of dirt where I just lay them on, about a 35% success rate with rosettes, 70% with roots
That's a Perle von Nurnburg, not a gibbiflora.
I need to do this to my one succulent but I am terrified of hurting or killing him. I am absolutely emotionally attached to the little guy (his name is Cadbury) and if I hurt him, I would never forgive myself. 😭
Fortune favours the brave 😁
So, when it gets too leggy, just cut off the leg. Got it!😉
Absolutely
i wish i knew not to touch the leaves on my echeveria. now all the leaves look funny . im a loser for that one for sure.
It will recover. New leaves come and the old ones die off eventually.
Like a tree
Do you have an update om this plant?
Not specifically on this plant
Lol it looks like she is perking her lips 👄😜 up to kiss 💋 you to cute!!
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Pot is too small !!!!!
Chopsticks 🥢 work well for repotting.
It looks beautiful to me as it is, with the stem.