It will drain slower after it has been soaked. This keeps Aeonium moist unlike regular succulent soil. It is a common problem for succulents purchased from big-box stores to be planted in poor soil. A few of the offshoots from my mother plant have been removed and are now growing well on their own. Euphorbia tirucalli "Fire Sticks", Stick On Fire, Red Pencil Tree" under different growing conditions.