Beginner Gardening: Succulent help! Over-watered? , 3 by purpleinopp

purpleinopp wrote:
The loss of the oldest leaf on any plant isn't cause for alarm, without any other symptoms of distress.

There is a whole genré of gardening that's all about combining succulents. I don't have any succulents in lone pots, and find they do best if they have companions to use moisture as quickly as possible. I would encourage you to take a look at the sticky at the top of this forum. Some of it wouldn't apply to succulents, they don't generally grow enough roots to trim, but the parts about soil/moisture applies to any plants. If your soil isn't causing roots to rot, there's no need to treat each plant differently, just water when dry.

The one little prickly plant in the middle looks like a real cactus and might do better if scooped out and separated so it can spend most of its' time dry. Combining cacti and succulents is going to another level.

If your container doesn't have a hole in the bottom, the risk of adding too much water just one time is extremely high, I don't try that for any plants. In addition to a soil choice, unglazed clay (when choosing from traditional 'flower pots,') can offer the most possible air to roots, quickest possible drying. I've been buying orchid pots, that are unglazed clay, not as tall as the traditional pot, and has slits on the side for even more air/quicker drying.

The pic to the left, that's not even a pot, it's a wire mesh basket.