Transplanted my Succulents

Greetings Steemian's,

I love plants, and I have a goal to one day have a giant garden. I'm confident I have the skill set to care for a garden, due to the fact that I worked in a greenhouse for a few years during summer months.

Upon taking the job in a greenhouse, I didn't have any specific knowledge about plants, but I assured the person hiring me that I would do my best, and was confident that I have a green thumb. The woman who owned it could tell I wasn't bullshitting and gave me the job.

She had a variety of succulents that were close to death, and couldn't seem to figure out what the problem was. I told her I would put some research in, and get to the bottom of it. I researched for weeks. I tested PH levels, tried different nutrient mixtures, decreased/increased watering cycles, and the plants continued to get worse. It came to the point where I knew the mother plants were going to die, and we were at a futile point, so I took shoots that still looked healthy enough to survive, and put them in the sun. I knew roots would start growing, and I would be able to clone no problem.

When I was preparing to dispose of the mother succulents, I couldn't help but to notice how compacted the soil was. I also noticed it was 100 percent soil, not a sand or gravel mix. My intuition was keen, and I researched further. Come to find out, she was using the wrong soil mixture! (over watering only made it worse.)

So I took all these baby shoots, planted them with a new mixture of 50/50 soil and sand, and revived her succulent variety like never before.

This somewhat surgical procedure created a relationship with these plants, and honestly I probably would have figured it out without researching, as I somehow knew the soil was the issue when I started uprooting them. The plants spoke to me, that is the only way I can put it. What did they say? (We've been suffocating/drowning.)

Today, I love succulents. They are my favorite variety of plants, and I'm quite good at making them thrive.

So while I was shopping, I saw some unhealthy looking succulents at the checkout. (It's where they like to place the impulse buy items lol. It works..)

I grabbed them without hesitation and said "I'll bring you back my babies." The cashier looked at me like I'm crazy af, but I don't care.

Three plants were packed into one container, and they were competing for the limited space and soil provided. Futuremind knows what to do! Oh yes.

Here are pictures of my succulents. Freshly transplanted. I'll take pictures again in another month or two, and it will probably be shocking to some, to see how fast these things grow if properly cared for. Succulents can become giant. Which I think is pretty cool, but they can become too giant, and quite hard to care for at that point. It's proper to cut them down a bit once they are at a size which isn't too "out of control." Another awesome thing about these plants, is how easy they are to clone, simply by taking petals, letting them grow roots, and putting them in a fresh pot. (Easy and thoughtful gifts, which cost nothing but a little time and love.)