K&L I also see those dried out roots. Your plant is just waking up, so this is indeed good timing to repot and amend the soil. Also remember, our humidity in Cali is way lower , so its growing habit is different from high humidity areas.
My Plumie's media is very coarse, it looks like this: my mix has cactus soil, pumice, perlite, pebbles, akadama, kanuma, compost. But that is just my preference since I grow mostly different types of succulents and drought tolerant plants.
Once the plant is fully awake and we start hitting the high 90's I am not worried of too much watering, since my media is as fast draining as it can get.
