Most people assume they killed their succulent by underwatering it. Almost always, it's the opposite.

Succulents store water in their leaves for a reason — they come from environments where rain is rare and soil drains fast. When you water them like a regular houseplant (a little bit, every few days), the roots sit in damp soil with nowhere for the moisture to go, and they rot from the inside out. By the time the leaves look "thirsty" and mushy, it's often already too late.

The fix is a method called "soak and dry": water thoroughly until it runs out the drainage hole, then don't touch it again until the soil is bone dry all the way through — usually 1-3 weeks depending on light and season. It feels wrong the first few times. It's right.

I put together a full beginner course on this (watering, light, soil, propagation, troubleshooting) if anyone wants to go deeper — but even just switching to soak-and-dry will save most people's plants.

What's killed the most succulents for you so far?