Desert Opal Succulents

I love the shades of pink as the weather warms up😍 and my extreme variegated echeveria west rainbow

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(Not for sale)
I've been out the back for ages repotting & spray my skids (succulent kids). So many beautiful colours, flowers & shapes at the moment🤩🌸🌸

One of my pots of Graptopetalum amethystinum (Lavender Pebbles) growing beautifully🌸💜

These are 3 Graptopetalum Purple Delights I propagated from leaves last year. I think they'll have to go in their own pots shortly💜

This particular Pachyphytum Oviferum was a small cutting I took from my mother plant last year. It's really surprised me how much it's grown in 12 months & just about to flower🥰

Pachyphytum Bracteosum is one of my favourites just as much as its chubby cousin oviferum. I love the flat circle leaves on true Bracteosums🥰

In all my time of propagating, i've never seen this before😲
One of my many spare pots I throw flower leaves in before I chop the flower. Upon inspecting how they're growing, I noticed a flower on one.... this leaf has grown a flower!!!

I've tried so many slug deterents over the years & I'm beyond fed up now😭

Ive tried 3 different brands of slug/snail pellets, slug deterent sprays, copper rings, crushed egg shells, rings of salt, bowls of beer & their still eating my expensive succulents😭 Only the snails go in the beer.
I'm putting these head chops from last year inside under my grow lights before they're damaged even more😭
Are there any new slug baits/deterrents on the market that actually work???

Autumn colours🤩
I just sprayed absolutely every single succulent with mancozeb before the winter rain sets in. There was so much powdery mildew around last year I noticed, so prevention is better than a cure🌸

My babies are all growing like weeds🥰 Those Graptoveria Debbie crests I propagated last year have grown heaps too

Some of my babies I cut off in summer that were sharing pots have now graduated to their very own pots🥰 I repotted some of my chubby ones into fresh soil & gritty mix today too🌸🌸

I was just checking on all my pretties & they were all looking very pretty right on dusk💜 I hope everyone else's plants are doing well too🥰🌸🌵

So many pretty colours🌈🦄🌸💐

I spent the whole day in my shade house spraying every single plant with Baythroid advanced. I will NEVER EVER buy a succulent from Bunnings again. I bought 4 a few weeks ago & repotted them. Because its been so wet lately I haven't been out to check on all my succulents. Well the 4 from Bunnings were completely dead from mealybugs & the mealies had just started to spread to nearly every other plant (hundreds)🤬 The good thing was my sedum sieboldii was flowering🌸🌸 It was a huge job but Baythroid is a brilliant product & always works fast

Look how big this Echeveria west rainbow is now. This particular one is about 14 months old & it's bigger than my hand🥰🌸

Look what U just found growing in a spare pot💛🍄

It's amazing how fast chain of hearts grow from tiny cuttings✂️
These are only 7 weeks of growth from 2 tiny cuttings in each pot🌸

I bought some more gritty mix, maifan, Acadama & lots of pots today From Kory at "We love succulents" to keep me going for another few weeks.
Check her out if you haven't already visited her website🌵🌸
https://welovesucculent.com/

Just sharing some updated photos of succulents in my shade house I built a few months ago. My happy place🥰🌵💕🌸

Still one of my favourites🥰
Callisia Pink Panther

Look at this beetle I just found on one of my plants🤩 it was neon green💚

One of my compton carousels has its first baby🥰😍🤗

I was just about to throw this away until I saw little green babies😍 They took 8 weeks to grow to this size lol

How cute are these clay mummy & baby fish pots I found at the nursery today🤩🐟🐟

Look what I just found on one of my seedlings. A love heart💜🥰

NFS!
Just sharing pretty photos on this rainy yucky day🌸🦄

After 4 failed attempts at growing this Callisia Repens Pink Panther over time, I finally got these 2 drama queens flourishing beautifully. Shes a stubborn one, but I'm much more stubborn😉🌸🌸

I'm seeing so many posts in groups with peoples plants rotting in the last 2 weeks😢

Just remember, you can always add more water to a pot, but once you've saturated it & forget about it for a few days, root rot begins & leaves start turning yellow & drop off.

Too much water attracts fungus gnats, mould, fungus & rot.
Make sure you have plenty of drainage holes & dont water them on a hot day or you'll cause a sauna in your pot & the leaves will drop off. Also, If you put pebbles on as a top dressing, it acts as a mulch & traps moisture in your pot which stops air flow.

If your pot is too wide/deep then it won't dry fast because their so much organic matter in the pot that holds way too much water for smaller succulents to absorb.

I water lightly once a week & my seedlings & pups get sprayed twice a week.

Happy Gardening❣