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Hi, friends!
It has been far too long since I’ve shared something on here. How have you been? As the pandemic continues, I’ve turned into a major plant lady during quarantine. My sister-in-law gave me an orchid for my birthday in June and that created the initial spark for this new hobby.
As of today, I have two Phalaenopsis orchids and 10 succulents. I’m just a tad bit behind on sharing this post, so this will only contain the September subscription box since this post is lengthy.
It wasn’t until September that I made an actual effort to keep my first orchid alive. [I know, shame on me, but she’s thriving now and is about to bloom again in three different places!]
I was searching on rePotme‘s website for orchid soil to use and noticed that the company also provides information and products for succulents. I figured that since one of my orchids is dormant, or so I thought at the time, I needed to add a few more plants to take care of until next year’s bloom cycle. I started looking into succulent care and companies that sold them and I was so thrilled to stumble across Succulents Box. The California-based company was established in 2017 and it offers over 300 species of air plants and succulents. I’ve always wanted some but I never took the time to look up care information for them or believe that I could keep a plant alive after watching so many die under my mom’s care.
What made Succulents Box stand out is that they allow you to see what plants they have and they also donate a portion of their profits to organizations. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2% of their profits are going toward the CDC Foundation.
September 2020 Box
The plants that were offered for the September box:
Succulents Box offers five different subscription plans that allow you to receive between 1-4 plants in a single box for a month or up to a whole year. Some plants aren’t offered in subscription boxes due to plants being extremely fragile. Your wishlist might increase; mine definitely has! I subscribed to receive two plants for six months.
On the 1st of each month, Succulents Box reveals the current month’s subscription box plants. I like having a general idea of which plants will be in my box but it’s still a surprise. It makes me even more eager to get my box to find out which ones I’ll get! At the time of receiving my September box, I had no idea which plants I would get since I wasn’t aware of the company sharing the current box on their website.
I placed my order on the evening of the 16th [Wednesday] and received them on the 25th [Friday].
For the September subscription box, I received the Key Lime Pie Adromischus and the Ovata Obliqua Crassula.
The plants were packaged super well and secure to be shipped across the country. I couldn’t even see the plants because of the layers of bubble wrap! These two plants were tightly wrapped and shipped in small nursery containers. The soil was tossed around and it covered the plants due to the rough trip from California all the way here to Tennessee, but they were in great condition.
The subscription boxes come with small I.D. cards and there is more information on SB’s website to care for the plants properly.
I was eager and took them out of their original containers. I read that you should leave them in the containers they come in to give them time to adjust, but I let impatience get the best of me and I repotted them the day I received them.
Also, when you receive your box, you’re supposed to place them where they’ll receive indirect sunlight. After a few days, slowly reintroduce them to direct sunlight since they were in a box for a few days. I waited about three days to place them in front of the window and they seem to be doing well! I made sure to wait a few more days to water them so they could adjust in their new environment. I’ve only watered them a few times so far, as of now.
The Key Lime Pie is the cutest and I love its leaves because they look like chubby little paws! I just want to shake them.
I’m only slightly obsessed with my new babies. A few days later, one of the Ovata Crassula‘s leaves fell off but it’s still healthy. I had to remove the baby leaf from the Key Lime Pie because I think it dried out, oops.
October Update
As of October 6th, the Key Lime Pie has a little baby growing! I’m still trying to figure out the best amount of light it should receive because it’s sunburned on some of the leaves. The I.D. card says full sunlight for this plant, so I’m not sure what I’m doing incorrectly. I’ll keep trying but I hate seeing the brown marks on it.
As of today, October 19th, they look the same and I haven’t lost more leaves, so that makes me feel better.
The Otava looks about the same and it’s slowly growing.
I will share the other eight plants in our collection soon! Plus, for a future post, I’ll gather up some beginner tips and information I have learned since acquiring these little guys.
Also, if you’re not following me already, I recently made an Instagram solely for the blog. I’ll share current things that are going on in my life and whenever I share a new post on here!
Do you have any plants?
I hope you had a lovely weekend!
wow they look super cute! i am still a newbie when it comes to succulents so before i go all out and buy more, i’m gonna take care of the ones i have and see how that goes. i read somewhere (or maybe you told me) that they are pretty much dormant during the winter, so best if i don’t water them in the colder months.
i am so excited to see how big these babies get, you’ll have to share the rest of your plants at some time, would love to see them all π
That’s smart; it’s hard to refrain from buying more whenever I go to the store now because I’m always looking at them!
It’s so easy to overwater them. I have to hold off on giving them too much too often, but just let their appearance let you know when it’s time to water them again!
I’ll definitely show updates of these two whenever they grow, and I’m excited to share the latest ones with you soon. I look forward to seeing updates of yours too! π
I would like to go to a plant store instead of buying them at grocery stores and places like target, i feel like maybe the employees at those stores will know more and will help me out LOL
yeah i’m not going to water anymore from here on out because it’s ridiculously cold. i’m sure they will be fine if i water them once a month
awesome! cannot wait π
Oh, definitely! I mentioned in the latest box post how Stephen worked at Home Depot and they had little training. I visited Lowe’s this past weekend and their plants were either dead or super overwatered! It hurt my heart a little to see them in that condition.
Yeah, that sounds like a good plan. Good luck, and I can’t wait to see your plants grow!
They look so much better, I’ve changed their pots and I’m thinking I’ll do a post on them later on once I see a change π
can’t wait to read your posts
That’s awesome to hear! It’s funny how a drainage hole can make all the difference.
What a fun subscription! I would be so tempted to sign up for this.. if I didn’t already have so many plants haha. So I will live vicariously through you!
Thank you for reading. I adore the subscription service! Aw, how many plants are considered too many!?