thank you so much, I will buy new soil as soon as I can :-) I just want my lovely lil plant back to full health as soon as possible :-)

I'm sure it will perk up soon! Succulents are so resilient and you have lots of healthy leaves left.

Any idea if this variety can have too much sun? Mine is almost bare from dropping leaves and I've been trying it in different conditions in a struggle to find out why.

I'm having problems with my blue pearl dropping leaves too!! I tried not watering for a month and the leaves shriveled from under watering. I give it water, and leaves drop from over watering!

What's the soil, Gabby? Also your gardening zone. Post a photo of plant and pot if possible.

Yes. A photo of the plant in question would help a lot.

The soil is 3/4 vulcanite and 1/4 potting soil. The vulcanite is a sandy, rocky "cactus mix". I'm in zone 8b.

I'm confused about the mix, I searched Vulcanite & it's a lot of things, mostly a Mineral or patented form of rubber. Doesn't tell us much abt its content, sorry.

I'd unpot it again & strain or sieve this mix, removing the sand & finest bits of soil, they have the same issue, usually both are too fine & become a problem. Their tiny bits can clog up the roots (impeding the plant's ability to take up water) & fill in all the air spaces btwn the rocks which is the whole point of using such a rocky mix (to be fast draining & airy).

Otherwise, the plants don't look bad to me.

Thanks for the info about the sand. I think the vulcanite is a mix made by my local garden store; I can't find it online either! I'm out of town for thanksgiving but I'll try and get the ingredients. I need to just make a mix from scratch.

I've been growing mine for about 2 years now. I used basic cactus soil (no rocks, some perlite) and it drains fairly well through the hole in the pot. I occasionally just add more soil to the top to foster new growth. I used to live in Houston which is very humid and wet and it had many more leaves and even suffered a traumatic freeze losing almost all of its leaves. I kept it high on a porch and so it branched out. I moved back to Austin where it is much drier and much more intense sun and it suffered a heavy blow but it has since revived. I have now begun to propagate at least 5 separate cuttings. Happy growing :)