Why do some succulent plants spread out and grow in summer?

That is because many meat friends are afraid of drying the succulent plant to death in summer, giving excessive shade to the succulent plant or simply moving to a place where the sun is out of reach. Succulent plants naturally like sunny, warm and dry environments, and if they don't have enough light, they spread out their leaves to increase the area that absorbs light.

The solution is to increase the light, although succulent plants can not be exposed to the sun, but it is recommended that summer shade can only cover the high temperature at noon, not too shaded, otherwise succulent plants spread the cake is inevitable.

Too much moisture in the soil can also cause succulent plants to spread the cake. Many meat lovers are always unable to control their hands, for fear of killing the succulent plants, and often pour some water when they have nothing to do; some meat friends think that Rain Water is very meat-raising and is reluctant to cover up the rain in the face of continuous rain, resulting in a constant dampness in the soil. What will the succulent plants do when the soil is too wet?

Of course, the leaves are spread out to enhance transpiration, transpiration of excess water out! On the contrary, wrapping up the leaves of succulent plants is a move to reduce water loss. If there is too much water and not enough light, succulent plants will not only spread the cake, the next step is to wear a skirt and grow. The solution is to increase the light properly, control watering, and wait for the leaves to soften before replenishing water as far as possible.

In addition, the growing succulent plant leaves will also spread out, but it is different from the lack of light and too much water spread cake, do not confuse, it is a normal phenomenon. In general, the wrapped form of succulent plants indicates that they are semi-dormant.

For example, for some succulent plants transported by express, the leaves will be tightly wrapped, and after successfully serving the basin, the leaves will be spread out. Some meat lovers do not understand, thinking that their succulent plants will spread the cake in this way, but it is not.

There are also some meat lovers who pursue the extreme beauty tightly wrapped in succulent plants all the year round, can not stand this spreading form, and always want to make them delicate and beautiful, even at the expense of succulent growth, whether this is right for succulent plants, it's a matter of opinion.

To avoid spreading the leaves of succulent plants in any state, the solution is to dry more water and abuse more meat. As long as you are not wearing a skirt and growing, the succulent leaves will be wrapped back after a period of time.