If you want succulent plants to take root quickly, add this to the soil, and you don't have to worry about succulent growth.

Vermiculite is a natural, non-toxic mineral with the ability of ion exchange and generally expands at high temperature, so it can provide excellent nutrition to the soil. The most important thing is that its hydrophobicity and air permeability are very good. In this way, it is very conducive to the growth of succulent plants and will not let its roots rot. In addition, we can also reduce the use of some fertilizers, which are very suitable for succulent growth.

Although vermiculite is granular and is called water retention and ventilation in nature, it can not be regarded as granular soil and it is better to understand it as a water retention molecule. Because vermiculite has strong water retention capacity, it has always been called the artifact of leaf insertion and sowing of succulent plants. Because of its strong water retention and air permeability, vermiculite can maintain the humidity of the planting environment and induce seed germination or plant rooting. Usually leaf insertion or sowing will be mixed with a large proportion of vermiculite.

Can vermiculite raise succulent plants directly? No, vermiculite can not provide nutrients, it is only the ingredient of nutritious soil, it helps to preserve soil moisture and ease heat radiation, can promote plant growth, and the water absorption is very strong. If only vermiculite is used, first, succulent plants can not get nutrients, and second, too much water in the soil is easy to cause rotten roots. In the general soil for planting succulent plants, in order to ensure the safety of succulent plants, the mainstream soil tends to be breathable and dry quickly, using a ratio of peat (coconut bran) to granular soil at about 1:1.

Vermiculite can be used to root succulent plants, because vermiculite has strong water retention and air permeability, which can maintain the humidity of the planting environment and induce seed germination or plant rooting. usually leaf cutting or sowing will be mixed with a large proportion of vermiculite, there are also many meat friends are pure vermiculite rooting, not only succulent plants, rose, geranium and other cuttings can also use pure vermiculite.

As a common succulent plant nutrient soil, vermiculite is deeply loved by meat friends. generally speaking, vermiculite has two main uses in succulent breeding, one is to take root, the other is to mix soil, of course, some flower friends use pure vermiculite to raise succulent soil, this is a matter of opinion and wisdom, vermiculite itself does not have any nutrients, but water retention is better, some flower friends like to mix vermiculite as particles in the soil. Meat friends also have their own views on the pros and cons. When adding too much vermiculite to the soil, the water content in the medium is large, and too much water retention will lead to rotting roots.

Now vermiculite is mainly white vermiculite, yellow vermiculite, we had better choose white vermiculite to add to the succulent soil, it is very conducive to succulent roots, and we do not need to add some media alone, we can use it when succulent seedlings are sown. Vermiculite is usually mixed with soil at 2:1 in order to promote succulent growth, so pay attention to this dosage.

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