Are you right about the five most common mistakes in maintaining succulent plants?

Why some friends have done their best to maintain potted plants, but their succulent plants still continue to appear yellow leaves, constantly falling leaves, serious whole plants will rot, it is likely because you have the following five points in the process of maintenance.

First of all, you have to choose the right variety. If you are the first to maintain succulent plants, you must choose some succulent plants that are more tolerant, such as common antler begonia, Guanyin lotus, Huangli, Qiuli, immortal bird, jade bell, golden branch jade leaf and Yushu.

Most of the succulent plants are grown in desert areas, warm and dry environment all year round, the location of maintenance should be kept ventilated and transparent, pay attention to control watering, check whether the soil is dry before each watering, and do not water directly to the leaves or leaf centers, otherwise it is easy to cause leaf rot.

Many people raise succulent plants to death because they are watered too frequently. Too much water can easily cause yellow leaves, continuous leaf loss, and serious root rot.

1. Location of curing

The location of succulent plants is best to face east or south on the balcony, can also be placed on the windowsill, it is best not to raise in a closed indoor space in a shaded environment, succulent plants are not suitable for raising indoors, except for some varieties with harder leaves.

Maintenance of succulent potted plants to maintain more light every day, there should be more than 6~8 hours of direct light every day, but in the summer temperature is too high, when the sun is strong, it should be properly shaded, summer maintenance of potted meat can be placed in the morning or evening there is direct light, noon and afternoon to avoid exposure.

If you keep it on a balcony or windowsill, you can pull up a shade net in summer, increase ventilation and control watering, so that succulents can safely spend the summer.

2. controlled watering

Care succulent plants must wait until the soil is dry before watering, to avoid excessive water causing leaves to rot roots.

Water succulent plants with special care, do not spray water directly with a kettle, but pour water directly onto the soil surface of the basin edge, slowly pour water through, do not pour water to the center of the leaf.

3. Prepare suitable soil

Conservation succulent plants must not use yellow soil or garden soil, you can use the most common succulent soil, such as common peat soil with perlite, in a ratio of 2:1, you can add some decomposed wood chips or coconut chaff.

When growing succulent plants, if the roots are older, you can add some granular soil, such as common terracotta or pumice.

4. Combined potted plants Note

There are many people who like to buy succulent plants online, but flower pots and soil are not bought in time, they like to plant many kinds of succulent plants together, squeeze them into a flower pot, in fact, it is not suitable for beginners.

If you want to plant many fleshy plants together, you must choose some varieties with similar growth habits. Some fleshy plants sleep in summer and grow in autumn and winter. Some fleshy plants sleep in winter and grow in spring and summer. According to the needs and habits of plants for light, water and temperature, consider whether to plant them together.

5. Choose Beginners Meaty

If you can't feed all the common plants, you can choose some cactus varieties.

For example, the common Wanzhong Mountain, Ji Coral, Silver Finger, Gold Finger, Jade Weng and Venus, etc., they are particularly drought resistant and sun resistant.