Fleshy plant beginner's planting tutorial
A small knowledge of life, introducing the tutorial for beginners to plant fleshy plants, and the methods and precautions for planting, followed by sharing detailed content.
Fleshy plants are becoming cheaper and more varieties are available, but for beginners in flower cultivation, their maintenance difficulty has never decreased. It's said that fleshy plants are easy to grow, but it also depends on who is growing them. If you are a beginner in flower cultivation, do not buy those expensive and difficult-to-maintain varieties of fleshy plants.
Do not blindly pursue some high-priced varieties. In fact, the easiest trap for beginners is to buy the drug-coated fleshy plants available in the market, which are artificially made with drugs and various hormones.
The above is the "Sunset Dance" drug-coated fleshy plant
The above is the "Golden Branch and Jade Leaf" drug-coated fleshy plant
If you want to grow fleshy plants in a place with ample light, do not grow the Sempervivum that cannot tolerate direct sunlight. Beginners are also not recommended to grow fleshy plants that are easy to shed powder and susceptible to diseases and pests, including common plants like Echeveria and Aloe.
Fleshy plant beginner's planting tutorial
To grow healthy fleshy plants, you need to master the following points: to summarize, they are choosing the right soil and pot; keeping the plant in a location with suitable lighting; controlling temperature, water, ventilation, and lighting; not fertilizing randomly; regularly sterilizing and pest controlling. Don't grow fleshy plants carelessly, take a look at the maintenance summary of experienced players.
1. Pot and soil matching
The matching of pots and soil for growing fleshy plants is interrelated. If choosing a ceramic pot, the pot has poor breathability but good water retention, so you need to add more granular soil (granular soil: volcanic rock, diatomaceous earth, zeolite,植金石, red jade soil, or coal slag, mix two or three kinds).
The above is the red pottery pot
Red pottery pots, earthenware pots, and purple sand pots have good breathability and drainage but poor water retention. When matching soil, you need to add more peat or coconut bran to have appropriate water retention. Otherwise, if too much granular soil is added, the soil dries up very quickly, and the plant's roots can easily become dehydrated, leading to poor condition of the fleshy plant.