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Succulents stretching indoors: why it can’t be reversed and how to fix leggy plants

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Succulents stretching indoors: why it can't be reversed and how to fix leggy plants

Stretched succulent stems are permanent—the elongated cells won’t shrink back no matter how much light you add. The solution is surprisingly simple: behead the rosette, root the cutting, and regrow a compact plant while the stump produces new shoots. Fix the underlying light problem, and your next generation stays compact.

I rooted my tomato suckers in a glass of water in mid-August just to get a second crop: when the fruit was still green in October, it was already too late

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I rooted my tomato suckers in a glass of water in mid-August just to get a second crop: when the fruit was still green in ...

Rooting tomato suckers in mid-August feels like a clever shortcut to a second harvest, but the calendar tells a different story. By October, when green fruit finally appears, frost is already closing in. Discover why late June is the real deadline—and how to time it right next season.