I like the flowers but they are quite small. I don't have much sense of smell unfortunately so wouldn't notice if they smelt unpleasant.
Mine only started to flower after I moved it into the conservatory, which we don't use in the evenings in winter. I believe they need the shortening day length to trigger flowering.
I don't think I've ever noticed the smell but this is a smaller variety of crassula (sarcocaulis) and the flowers are pretty pungent on a sunny day so you might be right. I'll have a sniff this winter. This plant is qute young by the way so the flowers are a bit sparse.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I never feed my plants as I’m not confident enough. I know it’s bad. I watered it twice a week and it was doing really well but in a different pot. It was knocked over and damaged and I lost all of the root, so I’ve recently repotted a couple of stems into a pot with drainage holes. Maybe that’s why?
An established plant only really needs watering once a week at most depending on how much sun it gets and how good the drainage is in the soil. They probably need a bit more while they get established though but you just have to play it by ear and don't let it sit in damp soil.
It's worth feeding your plants. Even a heavily diluted feed is better than nothing at all if you're uncertain about it. I use a feed called Cactus and Succulent Focus for all mine and have no problems with any of them.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
As we go out of summer now you'll need to cut down on watering and feeding anyway, don't let them get too dry but not too wet either. I usually stop watering altogether in November and then give them a really good soak mid December which can spur them into flowering. Next spring you can start feeding with a specialist liquid feed and get into a better watering regime letting it dry out them soaking it. You should notice an improvement in the plant. Don't be afraid to prune them though, my local garden centre has one about 5' tall with a trunk you couldn't get both hands around.
This is fab advice. I really don’t know where to start with feeding. I bought tomato feed ages ago and only used it once. I’ll have a look for specialist feed and take it from there. Thank you
Drab little white florets with an unpleasant odour !
Not something you'd glance at twice ; my nominee for one of the worlds most boring plants !!
Each to their own - I love plain boring green plants for indoors, with fat leaves, but equally fuzzy and frothy ferns. What would you consider interesting then?
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Mine only started to flower after I moved it into the conservatory, which we don't use in the evenings in winter. I believe they need the shortening day length to trigger flowering.