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I bought this in a 2” pot and repotted it the following week into a deeper 2.5-3” pot—that was 5 weeks ago. I’m not sure when it needs a repot, but how large can I go? I love this little guy and I love his spunk but I don’t want/have time to repot every other month… he lives on my succulent shelf far away from windows maybe 6” from a grow light, so I wouldn’t anticipate his growth changing seasonally all that much.

Got this cute little cactus about 2 months ago, repotted it after a 2-week quarantine into well-draining soilless succulent substrate with added pumice and charcoal + less than recommended amount of Grow Queen cactus/succulent fert mixed into the soil. I waited several days after repot to water, then didn’t water again for a month as the plant looked happy. It sits a few inches from a barrina t8 grow light for 12 hours per day. The soil looked dry (clear pot) and it looked a little puckered so I watered it about 2 weeks ago. Recently I’ve noticed a few gnats and got nervous, especially because it remains puckered. I tried to check on it, but when I gave it a gentle tug, all the roots tore off and there’s obvious rot. Can I save it? What is the orange stuff?

Conditions: my manjula is living in pon substrate (nutrient water is in reservoir), under barina grow light 12 hours a day, with pretty high humidity in an åkerbär glass cabinet. It was growing really well (two vines) despite the yellowing; I chopped it about 2 weeks ago and placed them in a bigger pot because the vines were getting out of control (still pon, no other changes). I thought maybe it was spider mites or thrips, but I added predatory mites + ladybugs a few weeks ago, and it's still spreading. It's also NOT spreading to any other plant in the cabinet (or anywhere else); I have hoyas, monsteras, and lots of other plants, and none of them are showing this kind of issue. Help!

I have yellow dots on some plants, plus some general yellowing. It seems to mostly be two pothos plants which have actually never sat next to each other. The manjula is in pon and the other is in soil, which is watered when soil is dry. The one in pon is actively growing very happily. The other one has been slow to grow but I just put it in a humidity box a week ago and growth has already been picking up. I saw the TINIEST moving white dot on the bottom of a pot of a monstera that has not been next to either plant but is in the same room, and I don't know if it's related or not. Light: 12 hours under grow lights daily.