Crassula sp. 'Buddhas's Temple' Houseplant Care - 357 of 365
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- This has been a challenging hybrid to grow, as I find that the Crassula 'Buddha's Temple' rootstock is quite sensitive. Water too much and you'll rot it; water too little and it'll start to pucker some. I found growing it under a grow light helps steady and regulate light, and I tend to under vs. overwater it, and that has been the key to some of its better growth. It is the highlight today as #357 of "365 Days of Plants".
In this video I'll discuss where it is originally native to, where I'm growing it in my home, and basics like light, watering and fertilizing.
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Crassula sp. 'Buddhas's Temple'
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I like this plant but can't grow it... I have tried so many times and failed... I think you've convinced me to try again! Loving that pot!!!
I'm sad we've only got a week left of these, I look forward to this every day. You should probably extend it to 500 days of plants!
I've grown these plants for around 4 years. Maybe 5. Never killed any as of yet thankfully. Although one of them has certainly tried as had stem rot twice which I had to cut out and re-root. (This can often happen as a result of taking pups off the stem to propagate, so be careful when doing so)
These plants can take any amount of sun that you can give them and I think in fact look their best in these conditions. I've grown them outdoors in North West England over summer with 8 hours of direct sun and they've thrived. I've also grown on a South facing windowsill year round, in grow tent in winter/ outside in summer etc.
However the root system is abysmal on this plant, if the soil isn't right then this plant will just do terribly. I've been very lucky in that I haven't encountered that problem. I've tried mixes ranging from cat litter (Tesco low dust cat litter/ sanicat pink), grit, John innes 2 through to John innes 2/ grit 50/50 through to my current one of pumice, grit, John innes 2, scoria (ie very loose and airy but somewhat moisture retentive).
They like quite frequent watering but I never go off a schedule. I do as with most Succulents and squeeze them in some way to test the turgor pressure. With the Buddha's temple I squeeze the top and if it easily deforms then I drench it. If it doesn't respond then it's likely I have root mealy bug (again 🤦🏻) or the root system isn't good or you have stem rot.
Yours look particularly bad unfortunately but I'm sure that you can turn it around! 😊. I really dislike succulents grow in insufficient lighting so I hope you find a way to reincorporate it back into your South West window.
As for pests these things seem to be susceptible to thrips, root mealy bug, caterpillars... Etc. Anything that can get its hands on the plant. To treat root mealy bug I will often just chop the roots system and start again which isn't the easiest task when the plant gets quite tall.
I hope that's of some use, I've included a link to an album of Buddha photos I've taken over the last 4 years in chronological order
photos.app.goo.gl/Yt4QUK7MmVVT7koh9
I love your album, what is the ratio of your current medium? Pumice, grit, soil/compost to scoria... from the most to the least?
I followed Alexs advice when i got my first Buddhas Temples 3 of them about 2 years ago... 2 are still going strong, one had a very dry stem started losing leaves so i chopped it and hope fully its going to make it, but the other 2 must be 10cm(4") high now! Thanks Alex... Oh yes they are in pure pumice, 2 metres from south facing window and i water about once a fortnight, or whenever their leaves look dry.
Thanks for your advice! Your photos are great. And your buddhas temples are so beautiful! Thanks
My first Buddhas Temple is arriving any day, now! This is great information, thank you!
@@wxlurker it's all 1:1:1:1 presently. However this is a complicated/ expensive mix, you can grow very well in a grit or pumice or perlite/ soil mix. Best thing is to mix it yourself and get an eye for how loose and open it is :) you want it to fall apart when it's squeezed. Also you really want to size the pot appropriately. If it's a real tiny pot then you can get away with much more moisture retention.
I've grown it in Ireland for 1.5 years, as well as its parents Crassula Falcata and Pyramidalis. I finally killed the last offshoot (of around 5) last week : ) What I've learned from it is that it rots extremely easily and I didn't succeed in developing a strong a rootsystem. In the end I had succes for around 8 months by growing it in 100% perlite in a pot with air holes (for hydroponics) and keeping it under a cultivator light (not very intense light). I watered it every 2-3 weeks and since it had been doing well for a long time, I got overconfident and watered it two weeks in a row this summer, and it started to blacken from the base real quickly, which is how the other BT's died too. The air humidity indoors is very high here. I'm over this plant now and associate it with failure : ) but I actually loved the look of the Crassula Pyramidalis even better and am sad that it has also died. Was a bit more resilient but died in same circumstances. I might try growing that one again. I rarely kill plants, but this one was a nightmare. I've seen other people have the same experience.
I killed three :(
First one from root rot, second from underwatering and honestly I didn't understand why the third one died but now I think maybe it was due to too much light...
Ive got 1, had it for 8 yrs now, flowered last yr, already flowering again this spring. Its huge, shoots grow off everywhere all the time.
Thanks for the tips and the warning about these plants. I have seen them around in nurseries, but never bought one. This morning i was in my local Ikea and saw some, they looked like they could do with some love, so i bought a couple of them. I hope they are going to be OK.
I have a Buddhas Temple, probably been with me for a few years now. Never really considered it to be a difficult plant because I've never had any issues. Give it as much light as you can, well draining soil and water rarely, when it starts to feel soft and shrivel it needs a drench. If it feels hard when gently pressed between fingers, leave it alone! Mines got a very bizarre but beautiful crown of blooms at the moment.
I have one and it is very straight compared to yours! I hardly ever water it and have it in bonsai soil. I got it about a year ago and it has grown maybe an inch
Love the geometric planter and how it complements the shape of the leaves ^_^
I've had a couple of those over the years and have come to the realization that those types of succulents are more trouble than I'm willing to commit to caring for__they always end up getting mealy bugs! There are too many nooks and crevices where the little critters can hide and mass produce, and I prefer spending quality time enjoying my plant babies rather than killing off pests that can devastate my whole collection. Living in an upstairs apartment with no outside access for growing is challenging__I do not have a balcony or option for a windowbox, either. I do, however, have 3 floor-to-ceiling south-facing windows (all together) in my living room and 2 north-facing windows in my kitchen. So, I get a great cross breeze between all those windows, and it's pretty nice in the spring and summer (with a fan, otherwise it's 90°-100° in here)__lots of natural light, too! I'm in Southern California, originally from Northern NJ where I had a house in the suburbs with a bit of a yard, so I find it quite challenging to grow in containers. Thank goodness I've learned (and am still learning) a few important things about the life and growing cycles of Nature! With all the 🐂💩 surrounding the situation at hand, and it being spring now, I cannot wait to go plant shopping again! Love and Light, Blessings to All! 🙏😇🌱🌿🌻🐝🌳🌎💖🙌🙌🙌😺
Going to give this succulent another try. My first one died a slow death. I've killed over 30 plants in my 4 years of having plantlife, I now have 123 plants in my NYC apartment that are all happy and growing well...I still Need more plants. Many more! Lol
That pot is AMAZING
Thanks so much for sharing the care tips Summer, I have struggled with this Crassula so much in the past XXXX
I live in a tropical area and I got this plant recently. It's currently in an area facing east ang gets direct sun probably until 10am and then stays in a brightly shaded area. So far it's still alive but I haven't tried exposing it to full direct sun yet or taking it inside the house.
I leave in Texas and I try several times all possible ways window exposure north , south , etc and that type of succulents always died .. I give up on them .
crassuals for me are all hard to grow, biig time, all members of the jade plant for me almost impossible to grow, other than the reg mini jades. i moved mine to a north bright lite window, only way i cant keep mine alinve
no one cutting leaves propagation getting baybys from double leaves ,even one- i wanna ask you why?
Am getting addicted to your videos, you surprise me with your knowledge of plant names
Hated the first lesson of my botany in higher secondary
UA-cam and you should have existed then
Man I swear I would have done so well
Very beautiful i would love a geometric succulent plant
I had one, it died. 🤷♂️
I would have never thought of this as a complicated plant. Seems like you would treat it like any other succulent by letting it dry out before watering it and giving it lots of great light. I will have to look into finding one of these and experiencing the care for myself. Stunning plant
nice pot
I bought one last November. I have it in a NE facing window in my kitchen. It doesn't get direct sun. It's in a 3 inch pot in a cactus and succulent potting mix and It's 6 inches tall. I have to water it twice a week as it dries out fast with additional overhead lighting. I've never had any issues with it.
are you doing a soak and dry method and are you using bonsai jack soil? that the soil i use and check it with a toothpick on the 3rd day and water when dry by the soaking method. still going well? i see this is a old post
What type of pot do you have yours in
Hey Summer ! Can you make a video about wood mount plants . What all plants used in that amd how to make it ??
I love plants and have quite a few around the house but this one... man... too much fuff
I had to throw one away because it had mealybugs. Other than that I find them very easy to grow. Keep mine on west facing window in the summer and it was thriving. Water almost every week in the summer. No root rot problems at all. Personally one of the easiest succulents a have
I've been having one for six months now that I bought as a baby plant and it's behaving very well, gown twice it's size. I give it the same treatment as my other crassulae basically, in terracotta with watering hole, usually water once a week till water comes out of the pot, and I use a moisture meter so I make sure the soil is dry before I rewater. I used a regular cacti and succulent mix to plant it up. It's near a south facing window now and when it was still summer it was about 1 meter away from an eastern window where it had full morning sun. It tends to tilt though so i turn it twice a week.
very cool pot. i have issues with the crassula mesembrianthemoidies my self. they just seem to hate my planty/bonsai shelf. wich is odd cause its in my south window and i have fans and lights. i love them too
Yeah.. Mine died in a few months of me bringing it home. But then again, most of my succulents do. I only seem to be able to keep the really thicc ones alive.
Thx for this series. Sad to see it go.
Could you do one on euphoria stellata. I just purchased one and wanted tips on caring for it and the caudex.
Thx.
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I have a North facing window and an East facing window. Morning sun is beautiful. Cute plant and cute terra cotta container.
Lives under a grow light in a desert terrarium setting with 4 other plants in terracota . Well draining soil but a bottom water weekly.
Mine is growing on the southern window sill, she was so much streching for light in the western window and now seems to be really happy.i m also watering more often (catus soil) 🏯
That plant has such unusual shaped leaves. I have one but it quickly stretched longer so I had to move it to a stronger light situation.
Your timing is perfect with this plant! I have one ordered that is arriving any day, now!
has she ever disclosed where she gets a lot of her information? like when they change the names of plants or as they name new plants and the like?
interesting plant and plant pot, thanks for the video Summer.
I’ve been looking for the umbrella version but so far all I can see are seeds and I’m unsure if it’s real
All the ones I’ve ever had eventually get stem rot
Does running your AC in the summertime have an adverse effect on indoor plants?
Generally it's only harmful if the AC is blowing directly onto the plants. Otherwise it shouldn't overtly damage your plants. Some may not thrive though. Just like light, different plants have different temperature needs and some would likely prefer it to not be below seventy degrees all day in their growing season.
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Would it be better bottom watering?
Ahhh!!! Your nearly there 😍😍😍
Nice nice nice nice
I've killed 4 😣
To be honest with you I think I like the planter better than the plant.
This particular specimen doesn't do the plant justice. Have a Google :)
Why does she dress like a dictator?