Viewing post #2242877 by Sincerelyshana

deepsouth said:
the first thing I noticed was that your soil is too dense .. meaning it (the soil) is holding too much water ...too long

pull the entire plant from the pot ...and mix in more perlite, rocks, pebbles and sand to make the soil more "chunky" .... try to sift out the fine silt so you have a predominantly gritty potting medium ...this will be a faster draining, less water holding mix

Thanks for the reply! It's so confusing because the first rose I posted and my large one were in the same type of soil for 2 years and the big one is doing great but small one still had a skinny squishy trunk (which is why I repotted it to see all the roots). This small one I repotted it with succulent soil in hopes it would do better and the trunk would get more "full" but no luck. I'll try to take it out and put different soil in it. I just repotted the large one yesterday to move up and that soil probably will not be okay either so I'll redo it too.
Here's the big one: