Rattail Crassula

Rattail Crassula Care

Crassula Lycopodioides

What is the plant

Crassula muscosa is an interesting succulent that grows up to 12 inches (30 cm) tall with a spreading habit of branching stems having tightly, overlapping, stacked, narrow, light green leaves. The leaves completely hide the stems, which start erect but then trail over from the weight of all of the leaves. The small, pale yellowish-green, musty-smelling flowers appear along with the leaves tight along the stems in spring to mid-summer. It is a great plant for adding a unique texture to a mixed planting or small scale ground cover in a well-drained mound or rock garden.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Temperature

min 10°C

Hardiness zone

10 - 11

Difficulty

Medium

How to Care for the Plant

Water
The Crassula muscosa Watch Chain is drought tolerant. It does best when watered regularly during the summer and about once a week, or even less, in winter. Like all succulents, be careful not to overwater or roots will rot.
Pruning
The muscosa watch chain crassula plant can deal with excessive pruning. However, in order to promote branching, it is advisable to pick out the tips only occasionally.
Fertilizer
These plants should be fed monthly during the summer with a balanced water-soluble fertilizer.

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Soil
Crassula muscosa grows good in a regular cacti mix. Also fine is a mixture of potting soil, bird sand and pumice (3:1:1).
Temperature
They can be planted immediately after pruning in cactus soil or bird sand. Temperatures starting at 20 °C (68 °F) are ideal for rooting.
Additional
But there are a few that are toxic or poisonous to cats, dogs, or pets.