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Aug 17, 2015 8:04 AM CST
Name: Victoria J.
Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Nursery/Garden Center Employee
drdawg said: :welcome:, Victoria.

Regardless of lack of light, you need to curtail the watering greatly. Succulents can literally go weeks without water, and if mature, they can go a month. Many succulents will "tell you" when they need water because their fat leaves will begin to shrivel. Is there some place in the nursery that gets more light? If so, perhaps you can talk the owner/manager into letting you move the succulents to that area.



We are going to bring the whole houseplant display up towards the front of the store, closer to the windows, and install better grow lights this week. So yes, the lighting situation should improve.

So even though the pots are so tiny, they still need basically no water?
How do I water them? I've been told to use a bucket and dunk them. Is that right?
If it grows, I can kill it.

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