What's the deal with succulent "stalled growth"? The causes and solutions are all here

When your succulent has been grown for a very, very long time and still shows no sign of growing, then it might be...

When you find that a certain succulent has shown no sign of growth for a long time (3 months or longer), its leaves gradually wrinkle and shrink, and its color has basically not changed, then it should be a "stalled growth" plant.

This is usually because something has gone wrong with the plant's root system, causing it to be unable to absorb water and nutrients for a long time. In the short term, the succulent relies on its own stored nutrients to stay alive; over time, once these are used up, it dies.

After we discover a "stalled growth" plant, we should take it out of the soil, prune away all the blackened and rotten roots, clean up the dried leaves at the bottom, and soak the roots in a carbendazim solution for 1 minute.

After taking it out, let it dry in indirect light, then plant it in new soil after 2 days. You can spray a little water on the soil surface to keep a certain moist environment, which helps new roots grow out.

When you gently nudge the succulent with your hand and it does not easily get pushed askew, that means new roots have grown and begun to grip the soil, and you can water it normally.

The "stalled growth" phenomenon does not occur very often, so everyone does not need to worry too much. Among the succulents I have grown myself, I have only seen two that stalled, hehe. After new roots grow out, the succulent slowly recovers its condition.

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