webesemps said:First, Erica, let me give you a hardy 
!! And Happy 4th to you.
Now regarding your plants and pics: I notice that one of your succulents has been planted in a bed that is covered with rocks that has black plastic underneath. I am wondering how much air flow and heat retention is affected by all the rock and black plastic, not to mention the daily 110 degree which would add to the problem. I would imagine that the soil underneath is not so optimal for water movement, water drainage, exchange of hot and cold, etc. Your plant roots may be overheated and/or waterlogged?
Your Baby Sunrose is Aptenia cordifolia
Thank you for the happy bday and proper name
That is a thin gray weed cloth you are seeing, not black plastic. I have the plants planted in 2 different areas. Some have cloth, some don't. I did open the cloth around the plants. The cloths are only about 2' x 2', just to keep weeds from growing in the plants where i cant get to them. . I have pulled back the cloth quite a bit. Only 1/3 of the plants have the cloth around them. The plants that don't have the cloth around them are having problems as well. I am not overlooking this, as I can pull it back even more, but the issue definitely seems to be something more.
Another question you or someone else may be able to answer is, Can the water here be killing them. Yuma is all farming and the water that comes back to is has so many chemicals. you can not drink it without a reverse osmosis system. Regular filtering does not help. Is it possible with the water we have, that the plants are starving? If possible any thoughts on what to give them
I should mention, I would love to go to a local garden center and ask these questions, but no one gardens in YUMA. The kids at lowes and home depot is as good as it gets. I really appreciate everyone's help.
Could overheating affect only a single stem at a time?
Can gravel cause an issue?
I don't know if you can answer this, but would it do damage at this point if i went in and moved the earth around underneath the plants without uprooting them, or would this be to much of a shock?
