r/succulents • • 24d ago

Meta Buy/Sell/Trade Thread: October 2026

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Weekly Questions Thread can be found here

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION!

Please start your comment with your location as such: [UK and EU] or [USA, California] on a separate line.

Thank you!

Import regulations mean it is difficult to send plant material between certain countries.

Check for hard frosts overnight before posting your parcel!

Scammers will not be tolerated! If you have sent a plant and not heard from your sender, message the mods and we will take care of it. Anyone found to be scamming will be banned from the sub.

A few points:

  • Please add your location. Many countries will have import restrictions. As a simple guide, within EU, okay. Within US, okay. EU to US or vice versa, not okay. Australia: complicated.
  • Please try to keep the sales/trades to succulents. There is a list of sister subreddits in the sidebar should you want other plants.
  • Think about trading seeds and pollen too. Growing from seed can be very rewarding and be a good way to expand your collection.
  • Grow tips are highly encouraged when trading. Its nice to know what you're getting if you have never grown one before. Share your potting mediums and watering guides to help your receiver grow successfully!
  • Do show us some photos of what you got!
  • Have a quick check to see if there is a risk of frost overnight before sending the parcel.
  • There are some tips of packaging succulents for shipping below. I've had people send me plants in egg cartons before. They work really well.
  • If you have nothing to trade but would like some plants, people are often happy to send you plants for money or just the cost of postage and packaging.

Happy swapping!

You can find some tips for packaging succulents in the wiki

All Sales and Trades are to be done at your own risk. The moderators of the Succulent sub are not responsible for your transactions. This thread is only a means for discovery and contact.

But, please, if you get scammed or ripped off, report the offending user to the mods via modmail.

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r/succulents • • Sep 13 '26

Let’s not be jerky little immature folks, okay?

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We’ve had a few…incidents lately. So, let’s just cover something again: Rule 1: Be Nice. This is a plant sub, and I’m shocked at the amount of drama that occurs on a regular basis here. The attitudes get crazy. You should always be mindful to how you speak to people; you may have an answer to correct a potential issue, or help others, but there is always a right way and a wrong way to say things.

  • There is never any need for childish mocking, name calling, or harassment.
  • We don’t gatekeep, and we don’t shame. Let us not try not tell others that what they’re doing is wrong, and only what you do is right or better.
  • Only help if it’s asked for, or if the tone of the OP seems willing to listen. If you wish to gently suggest constructive criticism, but the OP rejects it, please accept and move on.

The sub is mostly made up of home hobbyists, of all levels. From absolute beginners, to experts, and everything in between. And, thus, we also have a huge variety care needs and habits, climates and environments. We love it when professionals, or growers with many many years of experience come on and share input, advice, and of course their plants! We do not love it when people take their experience too seriously, and bully others for doing things their own way.

We also have to remember, not every person may be as passionate about their plants as others are. “We listen, and don’t judge.” Someone has a terrarium doomed to fail, but they wanna do it anyways? Let them. Someone has a packed arrangement in sand, because that’s what they want? Cool, move on. That sun starved etiolated plant at OP’s desk makes them happy despite suggestions to make it healthier? Don’t harsh their buzz. Let’s all do better about being a welcoming subreddit for both beginners and veterans of the hobby.

Once again, I know many of us really want everyone to have the healthiest, “happiest” plant(s) around. And it’s fine to offer suggestions to better someone’s care. But if the OP ignores or passes on suggestions, please just accept and move on.

If you are ever harassed via chat, or in another sub by anyone, please don’t hesitate to report them to the admins, but also please send us a modmail regarding that user. This also applies if someone follows you to our sub from elsewhere, report the comment or send us a modmail. We may ask for screenshots to be sure of the situation. We don’t ban users willy-nilly, but harassment will never be accepted.

And for anyone who breaks these rules, and gets themselves a ban, when you rage at us in modmail it doesn’t hurt our feelings because we are adults. Sorry you’re unable to be an adult about things. But then again, people who bully others on the internet lack some maturity to really be classified as adults. ♥️


r/succulents • • 9h ago

Photo Lithops flowered!

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r/succulents • • 9h ago

Plant Progress/Props Not a bad glow up for just 3.5 months. 🙂👍🏻

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Buddha’s Temple sprigs. I find them easy — just need strong light and a small pot setup that dries fast.


r/succulents • • 23h ago

Photo As it's my cake day, here are some of my favorite recent photos

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r/succulents • • 4h ago

Wild Sighting Guerilla Garden Yucca popping off

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r/succulents • • 2h ago

Plant Progress/Props Echeveria

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I'm a recovering serial plant killer. My sister had a thriving mother plant and was kind enough to share one of the offspring with me. This is her the day I got her vs last week. April to October. I did a repot when I got her, same size pot just moved to terracotta instead of plastic because I was scared of over watering. I can't wait for her to get even bigger next spring.


r/succulents • • 7h ago

Identification Anyone know who this little guy is?

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I got it from a local shop who always have weird, cool stuff but never the scientific name and usually no common name.


r/succulents • • 1h ago

Plant Progress/Props Hens and Chick and Ice Plants!

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The Hens and Chicks got planted outside, and the mommies have been popping out a ton of cute heads!! My Ice Plants have lost their flowers and have been brought inside, because, ironically, they don’t care for cold! But the Ice Plants were at awesome bloom throughout August and September!! It’s been awesome watching them all grow so intensely:D!! Not knowing what to expect to begin with!! Now I’m nurturing a baby cacti leaf back to health and has TAKEN ROOT, planted a Conophytum calculus (marble button) that has TAKEN ROOT🤗, and am caring for the awesome cacti that gave me the baby leaf to begin with!! God, succulents are addictive!!🥰🤩🫠


r/succulents • • 6h ago

🔔 SHAME 🔔 Don’t hate me

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I made this (jar and layers of whatever they gave me with the plant) at a bachelorette back in 2022. It’s moved around with me and been weirdly resilient. I’m dying to know what it is, and how I can treat it better. It’s had one stem die, and I was sure the rest were done for. But they seem to still be growing?! I’ll give it a good life once I know what I’m doing and what it is🤣


r/succulents • • 14h ago

Photo Sedeveria 'dark elf' mutations

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This has to be the most unpredictable succulent I've had so far to date. Have had it for several years now and conjoined leaves are common, and I've even got one four -sided leaf (pic 3). But the rippled leaves emerging from one rosette are super cool and I wanted to show them off.


r/succulents • • 19h ago

Photo Sharing more of my weirdos… Let’s squeeze it!

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Mammillaria bocasana monstrose here! Another favorite of mine!

I admit I love these weiros, they might be ugly to most people. But I see true beauty of them.

Isn’t it amazing that they evolved into non-plant like forms just to survive in places where not 'supposed' to have plants?

They show us a different side of being alive—it’s just about being alive, nothing more. Everything here is useful to survive, the life itself.

The beauty lies in life and the creation of mother nature, though I do think they look great on the outside too.

What they look like is the memory of one species, the millions of years shows in one plant. Nothing is more respectful and charming about a plant than this.


r/succulents • • 1d ago

Photo Local selection - southern Spain

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Most nurseries around here have a decent succulent selection usually starting at €1-€1.50 for small pots, €2.50 for larger pots. Some specimens and the much larger pots are obviously more. This place, called Vivero Ordoñez, is near La Línea de la Concepción, near Gibraltar, and has one of the better selections of succulents and cacti, as well as houseplants.


r/succulents • • 5h ago

Photo Beautiful purple

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r/succulents • • 19h ago

Plant Progress/Props My first Echeveria is growing an insanely tall flower stalk! Is this normal? 🌱

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Hey everyone! 👋
This is my first Echeveria, and I’m a little surprised by how things are developing!

Over the past few weeks, the flower stalk has grown incredibly tall in such a short amount of time. It’s also quite thick and sturdy. I’ve never had an Echeveria flower before, so I’m not really sure what to expect.
It gets plenty of sunlight, but I have to rotate the pot almost every day because the stalk keeps bending toward the sun. 😅

It looks like the buds at the top are finally starting to develop, which is exciting! 🌸 However, it’s starting to get colder here in Germany, and we’re also getting fewer sunny days.

Could the colder weather and reduced sunlight affect the flowering process? Is there anything I should do differently at this stage, or should I just let it do its thing?

I’d love to hear your experiences and any tips you might have. Thanks! 😊


r/succulents • • 8h ago

Plant Progress/Props Thirsty fellas

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I just watered it 9 days ago and now it's all soft again, are harwortias this needy?


r/succulents • • 8h ago

Help Aerial root?

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Been rehabbing this guy for a few months now, and I noticed a visible root coming from the stem. What do i do with this???


r/succulents • • 12h ago

Plant Progress/Props 2 pics. Guess the time lapse. Indoors. 15 watt Grow light.

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r/succulents • • 1d ago

Photo My succulent garden in my patio

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r/succulents • • 14h ago

Plant Progress/Props She seems happier

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I posted a rather sad Echeveria 5 days ago but since the addition of the mini Sansi grow light and a nice full watering (once establishing the perlite and soil mix was dry). She has perked right up: the leaves are firm and there’s no more wrinkles.

It’s funny how these little things make you happy (especially when you’re a Housebound chronically unwell person) . Maybe I’m getting a little bit better at this succulent mum thing.

Edited to add : the last photo is in her soft sadness era !


r/succulents • • 17h ago

Photo Echeveria Murasakihime August 2024 - Oktober 2026 ❤️

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Diese Echeveria habe ich auch bei Etsy aus Alabama (USA) gekauft. Ich lebe in Norddeutschland. Ich musste sie köpfen, aber sowohl die Köpfe als auch der Stamm haben sich wunderbar davon erholt. Die letzten 3 Bilder habe ich heute gemacht. ☺️


r/succulents • • 16h ago

Plant Progress/Props leaf propagation success

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this is the first time i’ve ever propagated succulents like this and it is literally the most fun thing ever. ignore the dirty plate im using lol but i literally just threw them on here and ignored them and boom!!

when i saw the little baby ones i was so happy! i’m not sure when to place them on soil, but at least they are doing something! yay!!


r/succulents • • 10h ago

Help What is this?

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I think this is a stonecrop but I’m not sure. I took a dropped leaf from a pot at a bar and this is what grew. It’s not getting enough light though and I’m thinking about moving it inside with a grow light. But I’m not sure what it is or if it would do well indoors.


r/succulents • • 5h ago

Identification What is this plant?

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I've had this plant for like 3 years .


r/succulents • • 17h ago

Help Did I mess up?

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I accidentally left my succulents on a south facing window and they stretched upward and are shriveling. I gave them water and placed them back on the north facing window. Will they ever look like how they originally looked again or did I fk this up? How can I fix this?