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Apr 15, 2025 6:04 AM CST
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Is there anything that helps Sedum x rubrotinctum retain leaves. It seems like if I breathe nearby my hanging pot of Sedum rubrotinctum drops 50 leaves. 🤬🤬🤬
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Apr 15, 2025 10:32 AM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
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And let me add that I wish I'd looked up the plant in the database prior to writing the above message... Especially Baja's comments!!!

Jelly Bean (Sedum x rubrotinctum)
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Apr 15, 2025 7:44 PM CST
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I am glad they were helpful. Smiling

The leaf dropping could be a sign of dehydration (rosettes shrink when water is limiting). It could be a sign of being bumped regularly (by you or other furry passers by). It would be more or less normal within some reasonable limit, but kind of a sign of something wrong when it's out of hand.

Maybe share a photo and we might be able to offer more ideas.
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Apr 15, 2025 7:57 PM CST
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I'll get some pics tomorrow and provide a timeline. Thanks!
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May 1, 2025 3:22 PM CST
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Name: UrbanWild
Kentucky (Zone 6b)
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Sorry it took me so long. Here are a couple of photos of the pot and one of what feel of in just a couple of hours. I'd like to repot it but think if I did so there would be little left of the leaves.

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May 1, 2025 5:26 PM CST
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
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That looks great! It could probably stay in there for years. Just trim once in a while if some stem are bothering you.

I never repot that kind of plant, just cut everything off @ soil level & stick the stems back in, in a new pot. You can put the fallen leaves on the soil surface & most of them will sprout new plants. Or you can lay them somewhere in similar exposure to the plant & wait for roots to form if you want to watch that happen first.

If you can get them to stay in the same position as they were on the plant (top vs. bottom,) they're more likely to be successful, IMVHO, because they can get sunburned if they are upside-down.

If you keep the pot as-is, and it develops a naked stem appearance at the soil surface, you can toss some leaves in the pot to get some fresh new stems to cover that.

Lots of fun things to do with these beans! : )
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May 4, 2025 9:12 PM CST
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I don't have much to add. It looks great to me, nothing I would be concerned about. A lot of plant for the size of the pot, by my usual standards anyway.
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