Gradient processing of the maintenance environment for the genus Echeveria
Comprehensively analyzing the experience of the genus Echeveria in succulent plants, the gradient processing of the maintenance environment for the genus Echeveria, let's get to know more about it together.
In the natural environment, the light, water, and temperature that affect the growth of Echeveria are relatively stable, they change with the seasons, but this change is slow, allowing Echeveria enough time to adjust its physiological functions to adapt to the environmental changes. This method of gradual change is worthy of our reference in artificial maintenance environments.
In the high-temperature and strong sunlight of summer, many people will take certain shading measures, and when the temperature drops and autumn arrives, the shading measures will be immediately removed to welcome full sunlight. The sudden change in light from full sunlight to shading and back to full sunlight is a sudden environmental change for Echeveria. I believe that when there is a significant change in lighting conditions, we should spend some time allowing Echeveria to adapt more naturally to the environmental changes.
Specific measures are as follows:
1. Shading during the strong sunlight hours of the day, then transitioning to full-day shading or full sunlight.
2. Using shade nets with different shading rates, then transitioning to the densest shade net or full sunlight.
In the season suitable for Echeveria growth, the growth rate is fast and the water requirement is high, while in winter and summer, the growth rate is slow and the water requirement is low. We will control the watering amount artificially based on the growth characteristics of Echeveria. The change in water volume is a sudden environmental change for Echeveria, and I believe that we should slowly change the watering amount to allow Echeveria to adapt to the environmental changes rather than suddenly increasing or decreasing the water volume. The change in the water supply to Echeveria mainly involves changing the amount of water per watering or the interval between two waterings. I think changing the amount of water per watering is a better choice, as it can better provide a relatively stable soil microenvironment for the roots in the high-temperature summer. In the summer watering process, I adopt watering at two opposite points on the edge of the pot or watering a circle of water around the outside edge of the pot. Although some roots will inevitably be damaged by the local moisture, the relatively small amount of water can keep the soil environment relatively stable, minimizing the risk of Echeveria dying from root rot in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment.
Sudden changes in humidity often occur during the seeding process. Usually, we let Echeveria germinate in a closed high-humidity environment, and when the germination rate of the seedlings reaches a certain level, we place them in a natural humidity environment. This is a sudden environmental change for the seedlings. A relatively reasonable approach is to gradually remove the closed measures to allow the seedlings to slowly adapt to the environmental changes. The gradual treatment of humidity is not commonly noticed in Sedums, but it is more common in the seeding of Lithops. I believe that this kind of gradual treatment has a certain effect on improving the constitution of the seedlings.
In summer, many flower friends in coastal cities or (N-D) stove cities will choose to place Echeveria in air-conditioned rooms to survive the dangerous high-temperature climate. I believe that placing Echeveria in air-conditioned rooms is not conducive to its growth, at least not in terms of improving stress resistance. Moreover, an air-conditioned room is a closed environment that is relatively low in temperature, dry, and shaded. Moving Echeveria from the outdoors to the air-conditioned room and then moving it out again to adapt to a semi-open or full-day environment is a sudden environmental change for Echeveria. Due to the limitations of conditions, it is difficult for us to make this sudden change process into a slower change process. It is likely that during this sudden change, Echeveria may hide greater risks.
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