Is Dasylirion a succulent?

I purchased two in summer. Both are potted in 4" clay pots.
Each stand about 7-8". They arrived and still are skimpy.

1. Should they be potted in plastic?
2. What type of sun is required?
3. Soil dries very fast..needs water every second day.

Or if anyone has other information I'd appreciate your help.

When I saw Dasylirion, the pic displayed a plant w/thick trunk.

4. Is it slow-growing? Thanks, Toni

1) They can be - as long as your care is correct, the type of pot doesn't really matter, but care is influenced by the type of pot it's in

2) Full is best

3) Not now it shouldn't

That's what old ones look like

4) It can be, if it's not in ideal conditions

They're primarily desert plants, Toni - any environment less than that impedes its growth.

Desert plant, so they should dry out thoroughly. I fear since it's so young, and soil dries too much, completely, within 2 days, it will die. Silly, right?

Full, is difficult, and will be the next 3 months. Boy, do I pick them...

Thanks much. Toni

No, not silly, especially with small plants, which can take less benign neglect than the adults.

And I think the plant you have is Dasylirion acrotrichum.

Thanks for the correction. Acrotriche is written on the label. Not that I'll ever rememeber, lol.

And here it gets some final touches by Friend Susan - notice how fearlessly she approaches major C&S relocation.

Jeff, now those are HUGE succulents.

Question. Is the bottom roots or a trunk?

The nursery I bought Dasylirions display pics of much smaller plants than the two you posted. The Dasylirions have small trunks.
The thick trunk is one reason I bought them. lol.

The Dasylirion can take any sun you have , "It gets almost up to 100"....thats cool in my book. But I guess a tad shade is not going to hurt.

Mara, since you're in CA, you probably have to worry more about Arachnoids, snakes, 'poisonious??' and Scorpions. Or does location in CA make a difference?

According to Wiki, "Scorpions are found widely distributed over all continents, except Antarctica.."

Still, unless a Scorpion/snake hitch-hikes on a plant shipped from (Scorpion/Snake states,) lol, don't think they're hanging around IL. God, I hope not!

Mara, maybe you'd best wear safety clothing. I'm in IL and wear thick gloves when working outside..'mostly because of spiders,' but I do NOT want a creepy-crawler walking/falling on me. We get some big suckers here..thick bodied and legged. Plus, Recluse and Black Widows are around. So, please be careful.

Jeff, I probably won't be on earth when my Dasy is 1/4 that size. lol. Even if planted in-ground during summer months. Thanks for the heads-up, Toni

People born and raised in Chicago don't expect seeing strange creepy-crawlers on a bed, lol. Guess, we're wimps.

You'd best take care of yourself. I thought when stung by a Scorpion, immediate care, 'ER' is needed? Toni

Our scorpions are like a bee sting....maybe a bit more painful immediately but actually less swelling. I did feel a bit high after one sting when I was loading large limestone rock. I think that got me more because I was exerting myself and the poison went from my heart into my brain very quickly. The high lasted about 10 minutes. The bark scorpion of Arizona is worse.

Why twos? Spouses, siblings, b/f and g/f? lol.

I thought/heard a Scorpion bite is fatal? High in which way? lol. Thank God you're not allergic. Or does it matter?

2 summers ago, a family of bees were living in one of my house plants pots. I had no idea. I keep small plants in window boxes on our picnic table..'no room to eat, lol.' Anyway, some of the boxes don't/didn't have drainage and filled up after heavy rains. I tilted one box over, the water landed in the pot w/the bees. Everything happened so fast. For some reason I assumed a huge, spider bit my leg. I started screaming, 'knock off the spider.' My dh didn't know what I was talking about, until he saw the bees. Those darn bees left the pot to attack me..
Mara, they were everywhere. Talk about pain!
I ran in the house, but not after being stung 4-5 times.
My hand swelled quickly..it wasn't so bad on other body parts. I got online for a remedy, but instead saw words like 'Shock, Death.'
While reading these lovly terms I had a major PA. My poor son called 911. They arrived in seconds and basically talked me down. I was hyperventilating.

After a little time passed, one paramedic said, since the stings happened more than 15 mins earlier, I wasn't going to go in shock..what I was experiencing was a PA. God, I was scared..So you can imagine what would happen if a Scorpion stung me. lol..

Still Mara, be careful. You're around a lot of outdoor stuff. Loading limestone rock? I assume you were female? Not that females aren't as strong as men, lol...Toni

Well, you figure that extreme form of cultural diversity has to eventually arrive even here, right?

Toni, Mara's still a female limestone miner who holds the record for hefting top dressing in 100F temps. She's well encouraged to use all safety equipment when she mines or fells some trees.

And scorpions aren't often fatal (unless you're compromised somehow anyway) but they can be very painful.