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Update

So my succulents went NUTS (in a good way) while I was gone. The flower stalk has erupted into beautiful pink/orange flowers. It’s still unfurling, and it looks like there will be many more blooms coming! I’ve never had it happen quite like this.
The one that suffered an untimely beheading is regrowing beautifully.
My newest ones absolutely exploded and are now almost too big for their pot.

I am so happy with them!





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Wow I didn’t realise they flowered! Amazing.

I’m not sure if mine is alright, it seems to be growing just not how I expected it to :thinking:

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Headphones in riding my bike iis the best :slight_smile:

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They sure do! Mine have never ended up actually blooming though, so this is a first.

Not sure whats going on with yours there, very strange. Possible etoliation… Is she getting enough sun?

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What’s etiolation? But she has very little sun. Do you think it’s stretching up to try and find some?

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Bingo. If they don’t get much sun, they will extend themselves in search of it. Etoliation is this process, and along with it you’ll usually see the leaves sort of flattening out, like you’re seeing towards the base of yours.
Get her as much sun as possible (ideally actually outside if possible, but a sunny window is better than nothing) and she should start to grow more uniformly and perk up a bit. 8-12 hrs a day consistently if possible (I know this can be difficult in many parts of the world, my own region included). But if the sun is shining – get her out there if you can.

Let me know how it goes! :slightly_smiling_face:

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i make incense! i hate all those pesky chemicals in incense sold at stores. candles, too! its a fun hobby of mine.

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Have moved to the sunniest windowsill for now. Not sure it is warm enough outside - top temperature in the day is 20c and quite a lot of rain showers due this week.

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Ah that’s nice. My friend makes candles, soy I think. What do you make the incense from?

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i have a few blends – cedar, palo santo and pine + sage.

i like soy candles. i try to incorporate less soy into my house so i use a coconut/soy wax blend, with a majority coconut.

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I have to constantly move mine around, especially in spring and fall. Outside, inside. Front of the house, back deck. I call it playing “plant games”.
Thankfully summertime the sun is on the back deck pretty much all day, so I only move them to get them inside at night or if rain is coming.

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Back east, I made my own maple syrup, loved doing it and it was delicious…photography also, mostly winterscapes. Out west my new hobby is my kids’ baseball and avoiding the death ray…
:sunny::fire::sunny:

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Did you tap the tree for the sap? I’ve heard about people doing this in the UK with silver birch trees apparently it is delicious!

I’m going to look up how to make incense, that sounds cool.

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I did, I had many maple trees on my property, I’d tap about a dozen and collect the sap in March. It would take 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup…it was very time consuming but so worth it…

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It’s really easy and fun! I like making it as well as candles, soaps, lotions and lip balms from time to time.

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I used to do smudging incenses and herbal stuff like oils, but its on ice now like my herbalism studies as well… :blush:

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Wild plants. Mushrooms. Nature in all ways. Painting. Running sometimes. Drawing. Photography. Knitting. Im interesting in so many things lol

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I like hiking and wild camping in the UK. Being out in the mountains is a great stress reliever.

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I hike in winter and I bike in summer. I love my town but I love to get out of it just as much. This is my current top bike, paid for by not smoking.

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