Beginner Gardening: Just bought from Walmart, Crassula ovata 'Gollum. NEED HELP, 3 by TXdeedee

TXdeedee wrote:
Thanks for your reply, Diana!

I cut off the diseased stem and there is healthy growth beyond it so I cut it off there, also. In the picture, I put a red circle (its freehand so not exactly a circle lol) where the stem was growing over the edge and you said it shows disease then I put an arrow where the stem is firmly in the soil but growing sideways. I wiggled the stem I circled and the stem I have an arrow pointing to, moves a little at the same time. I am thinking they are connected at some point. Should I cut all the stems/trunk off to keep from the rest of them from being affected by this disease? Also, if I put the leaves in water, can I do that now or do they need to sit for 24 hrs, too?

What is the difference between a stem and the trunk of this plant?

The pic with all the pieces are the few I cut off and the ones that were either just laying on top of the soil or I barely touched and they came out of the soil.

This message was edited Sep 14, 2014 8:57 PM