I have never seen anything like this? I’ve separated it from the rest of my plants, it’s the only one with this problem! Why is it purple??
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Drooping and dropping leaves is usually lack of water, but who knows with succulents
I'd assume that's what it is tho. And the purple is just what they do instead of browning
Not a succulent expert by any means, but the fact that it's growing some air roots and the dropped leaves also are trying to root also seems to point to not enough water.
We have a big jade that will air root when it's too dry. Before it gets to that point it's leaves will look noticeably less plump.
Succulents do require watering, but it's very important to not overdo it. Our Jade is probably only watered ever two months or so when it's outside (on an east facing porch in zone 6) during the summer and even less frequently in the winter. I know it well enough to be able to eyeball the plant at this point.
I have a graptoveria that produces air roots constantly, mostly because despite having a perfectly good pot and light source, it does its utmost to grow outside of the pot. Every year I have to chop and prop it to save it from itself.
Some succulents grow in such... seemingly unsustainable ways for the mother plant. I guess ultimately these are all some kind of propagation strategy for the plant though.
Alloe will overground their pots with tons of babies and fall over when they get too big.
Our big jade will intentionally dry out the center of some of its smaller branches to make the ends of the branch fall off in hopes of rooting.
I guess this is why the plants have been successful. It does make for some level of struggle as a house plant though, lol.
I didn't even see the air root at the back, good catch. So not enough sunlight and not enough water to sustain the plant
I didn't even see that on the leaf...
Can you grow a new plant off just a leaf or would it be like normal plants and just keep the leaf alive if there's not some "branch" with it to establish a clone?
It looks like the answer is yes - you can grow a normal plant from each leaf!
https://leafandclay.co/blogs/blog/4-basic-ways-of-propagating-succulents
That's pretty cool. When there's not enough water they just start dropping minis that may have enough to survive.
Better than waiting for the whole plant to die.