Succulent Plant Indoor Cultivation
Let's talk about the cultivation of succulent plants, focusing on indoor succulent plant cultivation. Let's learn about it together.
Many people enjoy indoor cultivation of succulent plants, but unfortunately, it can be challenging unless there is adequate lighting. Window sills are the most popular planting spots, where many small stonecrop plants can thrive. However, due to the strong directional nature of sunlight, the rosettes will always face towards the window. Locations that only receive afternoon sunlight may become too hot in the summer, causing leaf damage. Therefore, if you are planting a stonecrop plant for the first time, it's best to start with one or two inexpensive plants as an experiment to see if the conditions are suitable. On hot days above 30 degrees Celsius, it's best to shade the plants to avoid sunburn. If lighting and temperature can be carefully controlled, another ideal location is a bay window greenhouse (as shown in the figure below), but in the summer, bay windows can be too hot for most stonecrop plants.
(If overheating can be avoided, this is an ideal indoor planting location. Good ventilation and additional shading during the summer are also necessary.)
The worst indoor environment for stonecrop cultivation is the kitchen counter, coffee table, tea table, and other similar places. Although stonecrop plants are often featured in magazines as indoor varieties, this is not actually the case. Anyone trying to do this will find that their stonecrop plants lose their lovely color and compact shape within five to ten days, becoming flat and ugly. What magazines don't tell you is that those succulent plants were just brought in from outside before the photos were taken. The only situation where stonecrop plants should be indoors is as a temporary decorative item, not exceeding one week, then they must be placed back outside for at least three weeks, or regularly for two days a week. With the stems cut together, without soil, stonecrop plants can also reasonably appear indoors as cut flowers displayed on a table.
(No ordinary indoor light source can allow plants to grow like this; they have only recently been moved indoors. In this environment, they will quickly become leggy and fade in color.)
The best method for indoor cultivation of stonecrop plants is to provide special lighting for the plants. Reasonably combining light and the temperature in the house can result in stunning plants, but they will never have the rich colors and compact posture that they do in natural sunlight. If the climate and space do not allow for outdoor cultivation, then use special lighting to cultivate healthy stonecrop plants.
The above information in parentheses provides a specific introduction to indoor succulent plant cultivation. I hope you all will like it!