Friends Talk About Suggestions for Growing Succulents in Spring
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Today, it's drizzling outside with spring rain. Sitting at home with nothing to do, I think of last spring and feel it's necessary to write something to remind the friends who got addicted to succulents last autumn.
I. The Most Beautiful Season for Succulents
I personally think it's from the end of summer to the beginning of spring. During this time, succulents begin to revive, and the temperature and sunlight in most parts of our country are mild, which is suitable for the growth of most succulents. During this period, succulents begin to show their beauty, their colors becoming vibrant, reds and purples, which are very pleasing. Even in the severe winter, it's not a problem. Although growth may slow down, the colors become more brilliant.
II. The Fastest Growing Season
I personally think that succulents grow most rapidly in spring. With the decrease in temperature difference and the arrival of the rainy season, in areas with poor sunlight, the color of succulents begins to turn light green, and their growth rate is as rapid as the large cabbages in the market, growing wildly.
III. Spring is Also the Season for Easy Etiolation
If you started getting addicted in autumn, and started buying疯狂ly at (Bao) and on various forums, I believe that your home is now full of a variety of succulents. At this time, you must pay attention to the following issues:
PS: All the previous text is useless chatter, what follows is the main point!
1. Try to place your succulents in the best lit place in your home, enhance the lighting, and never waste even a day's beautiful sunshine.
2. Try to reduce the amount of water for irrigation. It's best to have a humidity meter at home to understand the humidity of your environment. In conditions of high humidity, reduce the amount of water. If you encounter a continuous rainy season, it's actually fine not to water. Wait until the leaves of your succulents appear obviously wilted due to lack of water before watering thoroughly. This is a good method to prevent etiolation. There are several (S) methods for succulents, such as rotting roots due to too much water and insufficient sunlight, being disliked by the owner for etiolation, etc. The only rare (S) method is - drying to death.
3. Friends with a large space at home can ignore the third point. Try to reduce the use of mixed containers, as they usually take up a lot of space and reduce the chances of getting good sunlight. Beautiful mixed containers in autumn can become messy and unattractive in spring due to lack of light. Planting in small pots, especially square pots, will make you feel that there is more space in your home for placing plants, greatly reducing the possibility of etiolation.
4. Friends who have finished reading the above rambling text can, based on their own home situation, choose to repot during the warm spring. Replace the pots of previously poor-growing succulents, the ugly mixed containers, the ones with inconsistent growth rates, and the ones that have been stagnant for many years.
5. When repotting, you can trim the old roots, remove some of the existing old soil, slightly air-dry (impatient friends can skip this step). Reconfigure the planting material with more large particles (large particles will slow down growth slightly, which is beneficial for controlling plant shape), spray some water to make it slightly moist. Plant the succulents, then do not water immediately, place them in the shade, and wait for them to adapt and new roots to appear. When the weather starts to improve, spray a little water or keep it semi-moist to encourage the growth of new roots. Then, enter normal management.新手 usually like to water thoroughly after planting, and then wait happily for the roots to rot. This method is not suitable for succulents, which require patience and slow cultivation.
6. What kind of pots succulents like is a matter of personal preference. The best are purple clay pots, followed by red pottery pots (which may discolor after watering and affect appearance), ceramic pots are also beautiful (require longer intervals between watering), and plastic pots (especially Spanish square pots) are also beautiful, with the advantage of being cheap and easy to arrange neatly like "Plant vs. Zombie".
7. Succulents are very suitable for outdoor cultivation. In spring, watering can be completely ignored (summer is different), just pay attention to preventing continuous days of rain during the rainy season. Intermittent rain is beneficial for succulents, as rainwater is very nurturing for plants.
8. The last point is: if you don't know how to care for succulents, buying old stems is a good method. Old stems are less likely to etiolate and are easier to survive summer and winter.
No matter what I've said above, it's actually based on me living in Hunan, with only a small balcony and no terrace or garden, and loving succulents for many years. It may not be suitable for everyone who reads this text. Therefore, the above are just some small suggestions for people in my area. People from other regions should combine their own situations with the above text to understand and figure it out. If I'm wrong, please forgive me.
Currently, in the Changsha area, the temperature has been hovering above 10 degrees Celsius, so I plan to start organizing my balcony this weekend.
I wish everyone a lucky snake year, all the best, a profusion of flowers, and flourishing plants.
The above is a comprehensive explanation of the knowledge on growing succulents in spring by friends, hoping it can help you.