... another one bites the dust
I just can't figure out E. tolimanensis for some reason. Just lost another one. I've tried these a few times now, and not once has one survived a watering in my care. They rot every time. I always put them in unglazed terra-cotta with drainage, with a well draining soil mix. They typically live in the brightest window I have, with some other Echies I've had do well in. This most recent one, I kept outside for the summer and slowly adjusted indoors. It was doing just fine. It hasn't been watered in several weeks, so I gave it a water. Aaaaand rotted. I'm not sure why I have no luck with them. Tried a similar care routine as my other Echies, didn't work. With the new one, I tried spacing out the waterings a few extra weeks apart, didn't work. Anyone know any tricks with these?
On another note, here's my "light experiment Echie"
Since I obtained it, I decided to put it straight under my new growing lights to see how it would do. My hope was to eventually use the lights to set up an Echeveria shelf, so I decided this little guy would be my first tester. I have four full-spectrum strip lights, and four blue-red strip lights over them all. So far, it's been doing well!
Given it's seemed content under there, I ended up relocating one of my kitchen Echies (the one I posted earlier with the single striped leaf) under the lights. It's newer growth is very different than the original leaves. It switched from longer bluish-green leaves, to more compact purple leaves.
Edit: Here's the picture I posted of it earlier. This is before it was moved under the lights.
