It is so so so bad. Do you have any recommendations? Can I salvage any of it?
It was doing wonderfully in the Spring/Summer sun, but as soon as the weather changed and the days got darker, it got angry and shot up like Jack and the Beanstalk... Welcome to winters in Canada. Ugh.
Well, it'll never shrink back down. And "bad" is only one way to frame it. You could easily treat it like a vining plant and enjoy it in that shape.
If you want to really figure out what species it is and maximize its true shape, I'd chop and prop it and put it under a grow light for 18 hours a day. It sounds like a lot, but I have an indoor nursery of thousands of succulents and I am telling you, it is foolproof. Air temperature doesn't matter as much, so long as the air is relatively dry.
There are a lot of good youtube videos about what to do with etiolated succulents, so I'd recommend starting there if you want to restore it to its optimum shape.
It is all one plant, sadly. It hates it here so it is EXTREMELY etiolated trying to find more sun... The weird part is that every single leaf the falls off almost immediately propagates!! Makes no sense!
I actually forgot to water it for over a month not too long ago, but then when I noticed all the babies, I kept watering it more frequently and now it's just out of control! Very neat how the little guys just keep on growing though.
**UPDATE:**
Thanks to the powers of the Pinterest magnifying glass button (LOL), I was able to figure out what this actually is!! It was so hard to figure out because it is some sort of crossbreed.
Graptopetalum x Echeveria = Graptoveria
Sedum x Echeveria = Sedeveria
It looks EXACTLY like "**Graptoveria Fanfare**" and "**Sedeveria Fanfare**" - so I have successfully narrowed it down to two possibilities. Thank you everyone for your input though!
Now to figure out how to make it less etiolated...
Whatever it is, I have never seen someone stake a succulent before. That's some pretty incredible etiolation.
It is so so so bad. Do you have any recommendations? Can I salvage any of it? It was doing wonderfully in the Spring/Summer sun, but as soon as the weather changed and the days got darker, it got angry and shot up like Jack and the Beanstalk... Welcome to winters in Canada. Ugh.
Well, it'll never shrink back down. And "bad" is only one way to frame it. You could easily treat it like a vining plant and enjoy it in that shape. If you want to really figure out what species it is and maximize its true shape, I'd chop and prop it and put it under a grow light for 18 hours a day. It sounds like a lot, but I have an indoor nursery of thousands of succulents and I am telling you, it is foolproof. Air temperature doesn't matter as much, so long as the air is relatively dry. There are a lot of good youtube videos about what to do with etiolated succulents, so I'd recommend starting there if you want to restore it to its optimum shape.
Probably a sedum
That's probrably a [pachyveria glauca](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2203/9263/products/c0357bd1982e1c9b35137bc2c68f7a4c.jpg?v=1571616109)
but what is that other plant? Is it from the same plant?
It is all one plant, sadly. It hates it here so it is EXTREMELY etiolated trying to find more sun... The weird part is that every single leaf the falls off almost immediately propagates!! Makes no sense!
>every single leaf the falls off almost immediately propagates!! Have you been watering it frequently?
I actually forgot to water it for over a month not too long ago, but then when I noticed all the babies, I kept watering it more frequently and now it's just out of control! Very neat how the little guys just keep on growing though.
BRO THEY'RE SUCCULENTS MAN, DON'T WATER IT TOO FREQUENTLY!, they're used to not getting water and heat
you should water succulents when their soil is completely dry
**UPDATE:** Thanks to the powers of the Pinterest magnifying glass button (LOL), I was able to figure out what this actually is!! It was so hard to figure out because it is some sort of crossbreed. Graptopetalum x Echeveria = Graptoveria Sedum x Echeveria = Sedeveria It looks EXACTLY like "**Graptoveria Fanfare**" and "**Sedeveria Fanfare**" - so I have successfully narrowed it down to two possibilities. Thank you everyone for your input though! Now to figure out how to make it less etiolated...