The best time for succulent plants to gain weight is to wait another year if you miss it.

Succulent plants should be short and fat in order to look good. After a summer of destruction, are everyone's succulent plants now green and sunburned? I managed to make it through the hellish summer. Now get ready to be beautiful.

So how do you turn a succulent plant into a little fat man? After a summer of starvation, succulent plants have become flat little old men, haven't they?

First of all, we have to check whether the roots of succulent plants are strong. Only when they are healthier can they absorb water and nutrients. The second is to control water, water control is not water cut off in summer, if there is too much water, plants will grow crazy, leaves will not be compact, it will affect beauty.

Let's talk about the process of getting fat.

First, to cultivate the root system is the foundation

To create a less water environment for succulent plants, it is clear that this must be a ruthless "masochistic" process, so there is a strong root system that can absorb water. After all, only the strong can withstand all kinds of devastation.

Generally speaking, the size of succulent root is directly proportional to its ability to absorb water, and is also closely related to the size of succulent leaves.

If each blade is compared to an important strategic reserve, its root is the supply center. If the supply is abundant, the reserve will be large, but if the supply is insufficient, the reserve can only be consumed.

When the succulent root is big and watered, the leaves are easy to "grow crazy".

When the succulent root is large and less watered, the leaves will grow thickly and compactly.

When the succulent root is small and there is more water, the root grows rapidly, and the leaves are consumed while growing, and the total size is basically unchanged or slightly smaller until the root system becomes large enough.

When the succulent root is small, the water is less, and the root growth is stagnant or slow, the leaves either dormant, remain the same, or consume, and the whole succulent plant becomes smaller.

It should be noted that root cultivation is a process, and frequent transplanting will affect the systematic development of the root system and shorten the root life, so try to make the planting in one step and last more than one year at a time (some adult plants can be changed every 2-3 years).

Second, create an environment with less water.

A good, healthy succulent plant itself is fuller, and then if you want to make it compact and fat, you need to create an environment with less water.

To create an environment with less water is to control water, which does not mean that water is cut off, and proper water supply is still needed. If you are really stingy enough not to give a drop of water, then succulent plants can only cook a meal without rice, and eventually dry up in silence.

So the key here is a water supply control, this amount has to be explored and grasped according to the specific maintenance environment, to ensure that even if the water supply is to maintain a low wet state.

When controlling water, keep in mind that there is a lot of humidity and drought, otherwise the root system will not be able to adapt to this great change. If there is more watering in the past, it is necessary to gradually reduce the amount of watering and lengthen the watering interval, and the water control cannot be started directly, otherwise the roots will not have time to adapt to the sudden drought and dry up ahead of time.

In addition, watering time should be placed in the evening or at night, because succulent plant Yingjingtian acid metabolism, stomata closed during the day, basically do not absorb water, water absorption at night. If you water it during the day and when you need to absorb water at night, you will be in trouble.

Third, add some ingredients to the succulent basin

If you want to grow into a fat man as soon as possible, you must add some fertilizer. If the succulent plant absorbs the fertilizer, the succulent root system will become stronger and stronger, grow stronger and stronger, and it will burst soon!

Bone powder

You can add some bone powder to the basin, and the succulent root will burst the basin! When changing the basin for the succulent plant, sprinkle 2-3 tablespoons of bone powder in the nutritious soil and mix it with the basin soil and use it as a base fertilizer; you can also dig 3-5 small holes in the edge of the succulent basin and bury the bone powder and use it once every 2-3 months.

Whether it is stirred in the pot soil or directly buried in the flowerpot, the bone powder can slowly release phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, so that after the succulent root system is absorbed, it will grow stronger and stronger, and the pot will burst quickly!

Eggshell

Collect the rest of the eggshell at home, wash it with clean water several times, wash the egg white in the eggshell and dry it in the sun to prevent the recruitment of bugs. Grind the dried eggshell by hand, or put it directly in a grinder, completely break the eggshell into powder, and then put it in a small box and set it aside.

When changing the basin for the succulent plant, grab a handful of eggshell powder and stir it directly with the basin soil. As the bottom fertilizer for the succulent plant, the eggshell slowly releases phosphorus and calcium fertilizer in the soil, thus being absorbed by the succulent plant.

If you really don't want to change the basin, dig 2-4 small holes on the edge of the succulent basin and bury the eggshell, which can also achieve the purpose of replenishing phosphorus and calcium fertilizer. Succulent plants will become stronger and stronger when they absorb the nutrients in the eggshell, but it won't take a minute to burst.

For people, the plan of the year lies in spring, but for succulent plants, the plan of the year lies in autumn. Let's take advantage of autumn to fatten up the meat.

▍ comprehensive editor: balcony flower diary hcrj520