In other words, every variety of succulent is different-so if you're not sure what will work, experiment (like I did) and see what happens! Because they're so small, you probably won't see the spider mites on your plant, but you will be able to see the damage. Take the offset off your parent plant. Next, give it a gentle shake or dusting off to get rid any soil. You can only give your succulent so much water. Online information indicates that large, costly specimens such as Aloe trifolii (a tree succulent) which were planted very early on, died.