How should succulent plants be watered? newcomers, come here.

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Succulent watering has always been a worldwide problem left over from history. coupled with the misleading labels such as "drought-tolerant plants", "desert plants" and "watering will die", many people feel that succulent plants hardly need watering.

Watering is a very complex matter, and many factors will affect watering: the size and species of plants, the local climate, the season of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the proportion of soil, the material and size of floral apparatus, and the air circulation environment (indoor or outdoor). First put aside these complex factors, like soil, sort out a few of the most basic points, using a general way of watering, wait until you have a better understanding of plants before refinement.

The main results are as follows: 1. the size of succulent plant affects the watering method.

The size of succulent plants is different from the way of watering and the amount of water.

Seedlings are generally watered with "a small amount of frequent" watering. (watering once a day, a little at a time, to make the surface of the soil moist, because the roots of the seedlings are already very few, and too much water cannot be absorbed, so it is easy to breed germs or soak the roots to cause rot.)

The adult plant adopts the method of "watering enough at a single time and lengthening the interval". (once watering directly through or pouring into the flowerpot volume 2 to 3 water, about once a week. The root system of adult plant is strong, and it is necessary to absorb water to grow new leaves or restore state, so the amount of water should be increased, but it can not be watered frequently at the same time, which is easy to cause soaking rot.

The old pile is usually poured at one time. (once irrigated to the outlet at the bottom of the flower organ, on average, 1-2 times a month, most of the old piles with more soil particles, water loss will be very fast, more conducive to air permeability. On the other hand, the plant itself is lignified and its absorption is reduced.

2. Learn to observe the watering of succulent plants

As long as it is found that the leaves are wrinkled or softened, it is undoubtedly a sign of lack of water and needs to be watered immediately. Under normal circumstances, the fullness can be restored in 3-5 days (12 volumes of jade dew is slower, probably more than 10 days). If the plant is still not full after continuous watering, it means that the root system must be bad, or the soil plate makes it impossible for water to seep into the soil. Need to dig up the soil and check the root system.

3. Watering varies with different seasons.

Spring and autumn are the growing seasons for succulent plants, so keep watering normally at this time. If the weather is good and the ventilation is good, the rate of water volatilization will accelerate, so watering may be more frequent. Adult plants that originally only need to be watered once a week should be watered in about 3-4 days. And the old pile has to be watered once a week.

In summer and winter, succulent plants will go into dormancy at high and low temperatures, and the roots will only keep a small amount or simply do not absorb water, so the watering interval needs to be lengthened. Especially at low temperatures in winter, it is normal to water once a week to water once every 15-20 days. The summer water volatilization rate is faster, although succulent plants will dormancy, but the specific dormancy time is uncertain, you can take a frequent small amount of watering, the original once a week thoroughly into a small amount of water a week, about 1 inch 3 on it.

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