It is important that your succulents are dried out completely before you water them again. It is best to not get any soil too wet before you plant the succulents. These should have new pads for 2017, if they were planted in May 2016. While they are less likely to blossom the first year after being planted, it is possible. Once you have laid the soil pads, it is time to water. It will need more water at this stage than during the rest of the year. The offsets that 'Party Favor’ will produce as it branches out are small. It spreads out in clumps as the plant grows.