How to rescue a leggy Crassula 'Pagoda Village'? Beheading is the only way to control it

Crassula 'Pagoda Village' has a very strong requirement for light; if it does not get enough sun, it will become leggy, and applying too much fertilizer and water will also make the stems and leaves leggy, lengthening the internode spacing and making the plant loose.

What to do when Crassula 'Pagoda Village' becomes leggy

For a Crassula 'Pagoda Village' that has already become leggy, generally we all behead, behead, and behead again! Of course, you can also just let it grow leggy, which means either behead it for cuttings or let it grow leggy.

The reason beheading is said to be the main method of handling a leggy Crassula 'Pagoda Village' is that once Crassula 'Pagoda Village' becomes leggy, it can no longer return to its original compact form. No matter whether you give it light or control water and so on, these methods are all useless; these methods can only prevent legginess and cannot control legginess.

Not only Crassula 'Pagoda Village', but the best way to handle other succulents after they become leggy is also beheading followed by cuttings.

Care and management after beheading Crassula 'Pagoda Village'

Select a suitable section (keep at least 4 pairs of leaves, 3-5cm long), then cut it off, then place it in a shaded, ventilated place to let the wound dry, and then it can be planted as a cutting.

What gardening friends need to note isThe Crassula 'Pagoda Village' cutting should keep at least 4 pairs of leaves, 3-5cm long, as this helps improve the survival rate. The best temperature for cuttings is 18-24°C, and keep the medium slightly moist; generally after 2-3 weeks it will take root.