How to water succulent plants in summer? Choose this time for succulent hype.

Succulent plants have been watered for three years, and many flower friends have a lot of doubts and worries about watering. For beginners, single watering should really be cautious and conservative, and we should bear in mind the principle of "better dry than wet", because more meat than less flood and drought will not die, and at most the leaves are not full enough, but more water supply is likely to flood to death. And such common sense makes many flower lovers think that succulent plants prefer drought to water.

How to water succulent plants in summer? It depends on how much soil is in your succulent plant. If you raise it in a small pot, water it every three days, because there is less soil and water is lost quickly. If it is raised in a larger basin, there is still a lot of soil, so you can water it once a week or so, but remember to water it thoroughly. In addition, do not put it in the strong sun, it will change color.

Flower lovers generally know that succulent plants should be exposed to the sun more and less watered, but "less watering" does not mean watering a little bit at a time, but refers to a long interval of watering until the soil is dry before watering. How long will it take? How can we tell that the soil is dry? The most basic method: bamboo stick insertion method, a slightly longer bamboo stick is inserted into the soil, pulled out if the bamboo stick is stained with soil, it will not be watered, otherwise it will be watered. Some meat lovers worry that bamboo sticks will hurt the roots of succulent plants, in fact, there is no problem, succulent plants are not so fragile.

At what time of day should succulent plants be watered? Generally choose the night time, as mentioned above, the plant is more active at night, can cope with the sudden increase in water. So watering it in the evening is the best. The secret of watering is to water thoroughly. Until that kind of water rattles out from the bottom of the basin. The aim is to bring enough fresh air to the roots. This is very important. Fresh air in the roots can help the roots breathe, metabolize the weak current generated, and help the roots absorb nutrient ions in the medium. fresh air is as critical as water.

How does succulent plant dormancy in summer return a responsibility? This depends on a unique system of substance metabolism produced by native succulent plants in order to adapt to the living environment, which is called "crassulose acid metabolism". Unlike ordinary plants, which carry out energy conversion while breathing, this mode of metabolism is to open stomata to breathe and store energy at night, and to close stomata during the day to concentrate on digesting energy.

The purpose of watering is to make plants grow better, watering too much soil to keep high humidity is easy to breed bacteria and cause plant death; watering too little can not meet the growth needs of plants, the best way is to observe the soil and plants every day according to their own conservation environment, constantly try and summarize in order to find a watering frequency that is most suitable for their own meat.

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