There are four main reasons why succulent plants wear skirts to make big cakes.

In the process of maintaining succulent plants, some novice friends will find that the tightly wrapped leaves are slowly spread out in all directions, and some even droop downwards, lethargic and ugly. Generally speaking, the phenomenon we call "sharing cake" is called "spreading cake", and the state of falling down is called "wearing skirt". In fact, "spreading cake" and "wearing skirt" are both a phenomenon of succulent plants growing in vain. Next, the exquisite life will learn with you about the reasons and countermeasures for the emergence of succulent plants such as "spreading cakes" and "wearing skirts".

1. Slow seedling stage

For some succulent plants bought online, the leaves are wrapped when they receive the express delivery, but they will be found to be spread out a few days after they are put on the pot. This is because after the meat is removed from the soil, it enters a semi-dormant state in order to protect itself, and the leaves will wrap itself tightly; after potting, the slow seedling stage begins to wake up and the growth will spread out, and the situation will improve after the slow seedling stage.

2. Normal growth period

In the normal growth period of succulent plants, if the conservation conditions are very suitable for the rapid growth of meat, then the meat will spread out slightly during the rapid growth. If you want succulent plants to grow quickly, this kind of spread cake doesn't hurt; if you have higher requirements for parcels, you can control the water to bask in the sun and abuse hard.

3. Lack of light in water

Overwatering or lack of light is a small mistake often made by novice friends, which usually results in the beginning of the leaf spreading, the center of the leaf is white, the leaf color becomes lighter, and the upper and lower parts of the leaves feel sparse and uncoordinated. At this time, it is a big cake, if ignored for a long time, the stem of the meat may become thin, tender and long, that is, overgrown. The way to avoid this situation is to control water + high light.

4. Sudden exposure

However, if you find the third situation, and then want to improve it in a hurry, and then take the succulent plants out of the lack of light and suddenly expose them to the sun, there will be a situation of "wearing a skirt" under the sunburn of the leaves. Because the meat that has been in the shade cannot be exposed suddenly, it can only increase the light step by step. When this happens, it is basically irreversible and can only be given normal water control and sufficient light. The old leaves to be sunburned are slowly consumed, and the new leaves at the top grow out. The process is relatively long and requires patience.

In fact, generally speaking, the way to prevent and restore succulent plants to spread the cake in skirts is to control water and enough light, but it should be noted that succulent plants are irreversible until the overgrown leaves are consumed by themselves. new leaves grow out under suitable conditions to restore tight plant shape.

The above is released by Little exquisite Life. I hope it will be helpful to you.