Hi everyone,

I bought this mixed succulent pot at costco about 1 year or two ago... it's my first foray into succulents. There are 3 types in there... 2 Zebra Haworthia's, 3 Jenny's Stonecrop's, and 1 Fairy Washboard (actually 2 as you'll see further on) (sorry for not using the non-common names).
It's a 9" diameter pot.. 5 inches tall:





The first question is whether I should be separating the individual plants that are in there... does this look crowded to you?

The second question is regarding some new babies that have sprouted:
This Fairy Washboard (bottom left) sprouted about 6 months ago.



These 3 Zebra Haworthia's on the side of the pot in the last few weeks:



And these 3 tiny sprouts from the base of one of the Haworthia's:



Just not sure what to do with all these new guys coming up... Do I just leave everything as is (the more the merrier)? Or do I start moving some out now, or are they still too young and delicate to move?

Any help is appreciated!

Thanks,
Sam

I wouldn't move anything now. At the moment it doesn't look overcrowded to me. Maybe in the spring after those offsets have grown more. If it's possible, it looks like the plants could use more light. They appear to be stretching a bit.

I wouldn't move anything now. At the moment it doesn't look overcrowded to me. Maybe in the spring after those offsets have grown more. If it's possible, it looks like the plants could use more light. They appear to be stretching a bit.

How you decide to treat the offsets is sort of a personal choice. I like to leave mine as long as possible because I like the look of a colony, but some people prefer the look of a solitary plant which usually gives a larger plant that displays the patterns and growth architecture to its best visual advantage. Yours need to grow a bit before you separate them unless you just intend to toss the offsets in favor of the mother plant.

Thanks Donald.

I noticed the stretching as well.
I have these LED strip lights installed on the underside of the shelf above it, but I don't think they're bright enough. I'll have to look into supplementing with another light source.

I'm gonna leave things as is for now and will re-evaluate in the Spring.
Not in a rush to move things around!

We do have a thread on the subject of artificial light, in case that is useful to you.

The thread "Artificial light for cacti and other succulents" in Cactus and Succulents forum

I have no experience in this area, but it is my understanding that the lights are usually annoyingly bright to the humans when they are bright enough for your succulents.