Turncoat Succulents

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    I bought these succulents last year and was delighted with them.

    Unfortunately through a bit of neglect due to illness they all seemed to have 'cloned' into the same thing.

    As you can see from the pictures one didn't survive at all.

    My question is: Will they ever recover to their original state? TIA
     

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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Are they indoors or somewhere dark?
    They seem to need more light.

    I think you have maybe three Echeverias in the first picture, which are probably not hardy.
    The others look like semperviviums which are hardy.
     
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    They like to be kept on the dry side, more so in winter, though they generally look good and healthy.

    Would repot into some drier sandyish compost the better looking pups of the one that looks a bit rotten, and keep somewhere warmer and dry.
    The pups do not always have a lot of root on them, but thye soon regrow in good cactus compost.
     
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      More light as others have already said. Also, often their appearance changes as they mature - the pups usually start off little and green I find, then the other colours/hairs develop later.
       
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        Hi Pete they were outside and u said a bit neglected but back inside now. I'm annoyed cos I have loads of succulents Will come back to their original marvellous selves? TIA
         
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        Hi Ricky. They were outside and as I said a bit neglected but back inside now. I'm annoyed cos I have loads of succulents I make my own succ soil, 3 parts compost 2 parts coarse sand & 1 part perlite. I'll repot them. Will they come back to their original marvellous selves? TIA
         
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          Thank you Clare
           
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            Find ours thrive on neglect ! just pot them up and let them get on with it, but as you can see some need a bit of cleaning up once or twice a year.

            Will probably be putting them outside if the forecast for warmer weather holds.
            Usually put all the pots into one big plastic tray so its easier to move the whole lot around.

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