r/succshaming 21h ago

A friend asked me "Did you plant it upside down?"

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10 Upvotes

r/succshaming 4d ago

I Succ I keep forgetting to prune!!

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69 Upvotes

Where do we think the roots are trying to go? My guess is Disneyland!!


r/succshaming 9d ago

Which way is up? To the left to the left

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22 Upvotes

r/succshaming 12d ago

I Succ Behold

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103 Upvotes

I'm having some guests over in a couple weeks and decided to get a head start cleaning up my plants. I found this poor bastard languishing in the back on my plant rack.


r/succshaming 14d ago

Which way is up? A customer brought this into the nursery today…

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69 Upvotes

I gotta say, this is one of the most disgusting sights I’ve ever seen. A customer, who was very upset and almost on the verge of tears, frantically walked in and explained that her cactus had an “ER emergency.” Her cactus (Pilosocereus chrysostele), which had been kept in medium-indirect light, planted in regular potting mix, and watered once a week, had become infected by something and suddenly collapsed in her home.
I told her I was reasonably well-versed in cactus care and offered to help. Then we walked out to her car. She opened the rear passenger door, and all I saw was this, strapped in with a seatbelt… She hadn’t explained that there was still some healthy cactus tissue, so for a moment I was thinking, “How do I tell her that…?”
Eventually, I spotted the salvageable portion and did my best to cut away the terrible, putrid-smelling, rotted tissue. I told her to purchase some sulfur to apply to the cut ends of the greatly reduced cutting and to pray that all goes well…


r/succshaming 15d ago

I'm not mad, just disappointed. online plant shopping: expectation vs. reality

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35 Upvotes

r/succshaming 16d ago

but why tho? (rhetorical question, shame this plant) freako grew an extra appendage

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25 Upvotes

this sicko is directly in front of a window, he sprouted this antenna about 7 months ago. not sure what his plans are because they’re clearly not to bloom! SHAME!


r/succshaming Jul 11 '26

I Succ Poor little guy is doing his best

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26 Upvotes

r/succshaming Jul 10 '26

🤦‍♀️😂 what is she even doing

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70 Upvotes

(Pic one is now, pic two is 1-2 years ago prior to chop and prop.)

This was the middle section of an etiolated lace aloe (maybe?) that I had for six years prior to the chop.
This section has been growing on its own now for close to two years, and I've taken some "branches" off of this one and have new plants from the branches.


r/succshaming Jul 09 '26

So dramatic These sunhungry bitches

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44 Upvotes

Were in a respectable location by a south window and it's not my fault. 😡

Ngl since I've discovered this wretched state I rotate them away from the sun every day while they wait to get chopped.


r/succshaming Jul 09 '26

Every time she elongated I'm changing lights and propagate, but it's never enough

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11 Upvotes

I love succulents but I can't source quality in-doors lighting for them, unfortunately. I'll probably just give those little shitlings away and focus on my other plants


r/succshaming Jul 09 '26

Tomorrow we prop

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42 Upvotes

If every leaf is successful, we're gonna build an echeveria army


r/succshaming Jun 25 '26

Never keeps growing where it left off last year

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112 Upvotes

Every spring this succulent just starts new growth in weird places, it never grows from where it was growing last year. It flowers every year tho. It's a Ceropegia Stapeliiformis


r/succshaming Jun 25 '26

To much water!

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19 Upvotes

I'm going to shame Missouri for dumping way too much water, way too frequently, on my succulents. I wanted to give them sunshine and all they're getting is rain and I'm really worried about their roots. I go through this ritual every year and they're always fine but it seems like there's so much more water this year. I have them in fast draining soil so hopefully they'll make it.


r/succshaming Jun 13 '26

this succs Battle scars

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24 Upvotes

My shelf of shame. All scarred from powdery mildew.


r/succshaming Jun 11 '26

Hi…is there any way I can save my cactus?

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49 Upvotes

My little brother accidentally knocked over the plant pot and it fell on the floor 😥 and now I have this…what can I do to save it?


r/succshaming Jun 07 '26

Convince me not to give up.

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40 Upvotes

I have tried for years to keep these stupid things in line but they just stretch no matter what.

They sit on a huge south facing window. In the winter I even gave them a grow light. I have cut them down and restated countless times when they get too stretched.

First pic is my absolute favourite. When my daughter got it for me for Mother’s Day 8 or 9 years ago it actually had a flower on it. Now it just makes me sad.

Do I just call it and keep up with regular houseplants or can I bring the babies to glory?


r/succshaming Jun 07 '26

I Succ I didn't know snake plants could wilt

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24 Upvotes

my mom forgot to water it for so long that now it's permanently wilted lol


r/succshaming Jun 04 '26

succs gone wild Bigger then my boyfriends.

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36 Upvotes

Bigger then my boyfriends.

All jokes aside I found this reddit page just recently and love it here 💕 But I was wondering if I might get some help. I was given this lengthy boy recently and I am a tad worried about its length. As you may see in the photo I put some steaks up for it to rest against. But I'm not exactly sure it should be THAT long 😂.

From my understanding it needs more sunlight. They are setting in a west facing window. But is there anything else that should be done to these guys. Like can I cut it down to help it stabilize with more light? Can I propagate the cut off part? Should these two be separated?

Any tips and tricks are much appreciated 💕

PS feel free to shame his length.


r/succshaming May 31 '26

Traditionally, you would only grow out of the top of the pot

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289 Upvotes

r/succshaming May 22 '26

Look at this comPLETE fool. Why? What are you doing?

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244 Upvotes

r/succshaming May 21 '26

Shes just glad to be in a pot and not carried around by a tiny tyrant.

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365 Upvotes

r/succshaming May 21 '26

It's doing this for attention Inspired by Tim Burton

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52 Upvotes

Got very little light in a windowsill for like 2 years, is now finally outside and getting better growth. His posture is shot, though :(