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Al115•

It's rotted, whether it's salvageable depends on how far up the stem the rot has advanced. If the rot has not reached the very top of the plant, you can attempt beheading and rerooting. If that isn't possible, then you can try to prop any healthy leaves.

It seems that the rot was caused by several factors. Miracle Gro cactus soil can be a great organic base for a substrate mix, but as with most succulent soils, it should not be used by itself. Unfortunately, most succulent soils are far too organic, meaning they will retain too much water for too long, and need to be amended with inorganic grit, such as perlite or pumice. A good starting substrate mix is a 1:1 mix of succulent soil to inorganic grit. The addition of inorganic grit makes the substrate better draining and faster drying.

Second, you shouldn't water succulents simply when the soil is dry. Instead, it's best to only water succulents when they show signs of thirst, such as deflated-looking, wrinkled leaves. These signs appear when the plant begins to use the water stored in its leaves. After a deep, thorough watering, the leaves should plump back up within a few days.

All of this to say, if this plant is relatively new to being in your care, it is possible that it was already well on the way to being overwatered when you purchased it, and the conditions mentioned above allowed rot to set in. It's unfortunately pretty common for succulents to already be overwatered when you buy them.

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TomimiOP•

Thanks for the explanation

The stems are already looking "woody" compared to my second succulent so I'm guessing I'll probably just try to cut what I can and salvage if possible if not I guess lesson learned

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Hot_Ordinary7823•

It looks like you can definitely salvage it. I would pick out the dead leaves and try repotting it with fresh soil. It's a beautiful plant

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TomimiOP•

You mean like remove current soil from roots with new ones?

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Hot_Ordinary7823•

Did you just plant it? If so just remove the dead leaves. How much do you water? It doesn't look bad at all

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TomimiOP•

I took it out of the pot, I added perlite to the new soil I added when repotting it. Got rid of the wet soil and added the new mix

This is my second time watering it because I saw it wilting and thought it needed water then it started looking black so I figured this isn't underwatered

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Hot_Ordinary7823•

Oh ok then I think you're ok then just pick the dead leaves out. I love those kind of plants.

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