Hi there, I'm new to this forum and new to caring for succulents. I'm used to growing Amaryllis, but recently fell in love with several exotic looking succulents our small town grocery stores got in. Been doing a lot of internet research to learn how to care for them, and it's mostly been going well.
I brought home what I believe is a cocoon plant (wooly senecio) a few weeks ago (the only information with it said "succulent"). It wasn't particularly healthy looking when I bought it, but I'd hoped it would perk up. I have it on a shelf by a west facing window with several other plants and a small grow light attached to the underside of the top of the shelf. All other plants (flowers, succulents, and cacti) in the same area are doing well, but not this little guy.
I was watering it about once a week or so. I noticed its leaves were beginning to shrivel up and tried researching the problem, and thought maybe it was a sign of underwatering. So I watered it a little more often, but no change. Then I noticed the soil wasn't drying out, so I feared maybe root rot or it was root bound. I removed it from the tiny pot it came in. No sign of root rot, but it was definitely root bound. Not surprising considering they had three stems crammed into a cramped little pot. I replanted it in a new, larger clay pot with cactus soil expecting it to bounce back. A lot of leaves broke off in the process because they were so delicate in their shriveled state. I put them in the soil hoping they might develop roots.
That was nearly a week ago, and the shriveling has only gotten worse. It is taking up water because the soil is drying out, bu it is not getting any better. I'm out of ideas. Any advice or ideas on what may be wrong and how I can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
