Hello dear gardners,
A week ago you helped me identify my new succulent. Since I know that it's Crassula Falcata I read how to care for it. However I am not sure that it is in a good condition currently. I'm attaching some photos below. The leaves on the base are really soft on the touch and wrinkled on the interior. The leaves on the top are also starting to wrinkle on their bottom side, nevertheless they still look fresher. I put it next to my most south looking window, but in the last week there hasn't been much sun. I only watered it once and really scarcely since I didn't know when it was watered for the last time. I read that it could look like this due to overwatering as well as not watering enough. What would you suggest that I did?

Thank you in advance.

The soil looks completely wrong for a succulent. Wiggle your finger down into the soil as far as you can reach and tell us how wet/dry it is. If the soil is damp, don't water. If its dry do water, but water until some comes out the bottom of the pot.

The plant has never gotten enough light so probably has a small rootball. Giving it adequte light now will not fix the problems it already has.

If the soil is wet, and has stayed consistently too wet, combined with low light, it may not have any viable roots. Of course, the same thing can happen if the soil has been kept too dry but considering the soil, I'm guessing too wet.

I'm not sure what you should do at this point except hope it gets better. I don't think the plant has enough stored reserve to reroot.

Yes, it would appear the roots have given out, or there was some prolonged water starvation. At this point there's not any particular thing to do except water well and then wait for the soil to go dry before watering again. Lots of light is key too, as Daisy pointed out. You don't really want to be messing with the roots at this point while the plant is in crisis. It should recover in a really visible, obvious way if it is able to take up water. It may take a few weeks to reach the point where it can do that. Just watch and wait and see what happens. If this was my plant I would probably give up now, but there's no harm in exercising a little patience, and maybe you will learn something in the process.

I can't believe I'm so stupid not to check the soil. It's super dry and stiff. I can't even put my finger down the soil. I'll try and water it and hope it's going to survive. It might be a really stupid question, but would a liquid fertilizer for cacti and succulents help a bit?

Thank you very much for your help!

Never feed a stressed plant, it's not a cure, and can cause more problems.

As Baja says, give it a good drink, put in a sunny spot and cross your fingers.

Thank you very much for the advice. I hope in the future I'll be able to post a beautiful photo of how it has recovered! 😊

After you water, the pot should gain a considerable amount of weight. If it doesn't, the soil is not absorbing the water. Wait 10 minutes and water again. Keep repeating until the pot is heavy.

Fertilizer is not medicine and might kill a weakened plant.