Returned to Golden Barrel after a difficult first attempt

My first attempt at Golden Barrel failed — scarring from cold water splash on the skin got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again.

The second attempt, with proper attention to using pure mineral grit for drainage in the soil mix, has been completely different. It's now thriving in an outdoor container brought in for winter and extremely long-lived with minimal intervention is on full display. offsetting and pup production in spring this year was a genuine reward for starting again. If you failed first time, the plant isn't the problem — the conditions probably were.