video; un: piercedyourheart92

[piercedyourheart]

[ there's darkness for a moment before the camera clicks on to yukari, seated at what looks to be a kitchen table and holding a small potted succulent in her hand. the large deer antlers and rabbit ears atop her head are proof enough that it's iris, one of them twitching toward a noise off screen while she settles back in her chair.

satisfied that it's recording, she gives a little wave to the camera with her free hand. ]

Hey, everyone. So this "taking care of plants" thing is still pretty new to me, but he looks kind of sick, right? [ she holds the plant closer to the camera for confirmation, and she's right, it seems under the weather for a succulent. a few of the leaves at the bottom are yellow and look swollen, and when she brushes a finger against one of them, it pops off with no resistance.]

I'm not really sure what's wrong with him. Everything was fine a few weeks ago. [ her mouth turns down into a worried frown, brows knitting together as she turns her gaze from the plant back to the camera. ] If anybody has advice, I'm open to it. Tips would be great, too. Or...I dunno, anything.

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video | un: springtime

[hopticulture]

[what looks to be an anthropomorphized white rabbit with sharp bat teeth and antlers appears onscreen in the video. she's frowning, and tuts a bit at the image shown.]

Oh...poor thing...

[she talks as though it's a child and not a plant.]

What have you been doing? It looks like you may be over watering it.

[piercedyourheart]

[ yukari's been handling it like it's a child ever since she first brought it home so the sentiment is mutual. ]

I definitely over watered him from what everyone's been telling me. I was watering him about three times a week when it should have been half that. [ she tilts her head backwards so that it lightly hits the top of the chair, breathing out a quiet, ] Ugh. And he was doing so well for a while, too.

[hopticulture]

You're going to have to remove all signs of rot. If it's just the leaves it's pretty salvageable, but if it's gotten to the stem and roots it's a bit more intensive...

[her look is sympathetic, though.]

It just takes practice! Succulents are usually pretty hardy plants, it's why they do well in dry climates.