The five problems often encountered by novice friends in the maintenance of succulent plants are very comprehensive.

Many novice friends will encounter a lot of problems when they first enter the succulent pit, such as how to allocate soil to succulent plants, how to water succulent plants, how to prevent succulent plants from growing, and so on. Today, the small exquisite life has sorted out some problems often encountered in the process of maintaining succulent plants. I hope it can be helpful to novice friends.

There are several major elements in the process of maintaining succulent plants: sunlight, air, watering and soil distribution. Let's learn how to make rational use of these four elements.

1. Distribution of soil

The proportion of succulent plant potted soil varies according to the variety of meat, local climate, growth stage and even the preferences of meat friends, which can be said to be various. but generally speaking, the soil matrix of succulent plants is peat soil + particles + other substrates.

Peat soil has a strange effect on the rooting rate, leaf cutting seedlings, decapitated seedlings or newly bought meat that needs to take root, the proportion of peat soil in the soil can be more appropriate. However, although peat soil takes root quickly, if the proportion is too large, the root system will become very weak and not strong.

The more particles, the slower the rooting rate, but when mixed with granular soil, the roots become very strong. So adult succulent plants in the normal growing period can make the proportion of granular soil larger. And including red jade soil, deer marsh soil, Maifan stone and so on all belong to granular soil, they each have their own characteristics, we can decide according to their own preferences.

Other substrates such as perlite can maintain the permeability of basin soil, and coconut bran can keep moisture and water, etc., which are also determined according to the actual situation.

If you really don't want to make your own soil, of course, there are a lot of ready-made soil in a certain treasure, so it's not impossible to find one that suits you and get it back directly.

Newly bought succulent plants generally need to remove the soil and turn the basin, this is because they are not sure whether there are worm eggs or germs in the soil before they are bought back. Therefore, after starting with meat, we need a process of removing soil, pruning roots, washing roots, and putting on the basin.

About the process of succulent plants on the pot, you can search for the articles released before the small exquisite life, which specifically introduce the detailed steps of the article.

2. Sunshine

All things grow by the sun. Sunlight is a double-edged sword for succulent plants. Sufficient light will make succulent plants colorful and compact, which is what we usually call a state. But in the hot summer, we must pay attention not to strong light exposure, need to give meat shade properly.

The outdoor environment with 360 °light is the best environment for succulent plants, followed by balconies, followed by floating windows. If you keep it indoors for a long time, it is very disadvantageous to the growth of meat, and lack of light can easily make succulent plants grow too much. If you want to keep it next to your desk computer, you'd better give up raising meat. All in all, we must find ways to give more light to succulent plants as much as possible.

3. Air

The air here should be seen from three aspects: the fluidity of the air, the temperature of the air and the humidity of the air.

The fluidity of the air is the degree of ventilation in the growing environment of succulent plants. Good ventilation is a necessary condition for the growth of succulent plants, if the environment where the meat is poorly ventilated, it is easy to cause diseases and insect pests and even cause the meat to die. Ventilation can be said to be just related to air humidity. Under the same climatic conditions, the better the ventilation, the smaller the air humidity, the more beneficial to the growth of succulent plants.

Temperature is also a key factor in the growth of succulent plants. Succulent plants are generally divided into summer type, winter type and intermediate type. Some meat will dormancy in hot summer and some dormancy in winter, so it is necessary to find out the growth habits of meat.

In addition, a large temperature difference makes it easy for meat to become brightly colored, which is one of the reasons why succulent plants are so easy to get out of shape in autumn and spring.

But in any case, high temperature and high humidity are the most feared environment for succulent plants, and such an environment must be avoided.

4. Watering

Watering is one of the most discussed topics. When, how and what to water. With regard to the way of watering, it is also related to the region, climate, the variety of meat, and even the size of the soil and flowerpot. Therefore, it is unscientific to determine the watering cycle simply according to time.

Here is a small way to determine when succulent plants need to be watered, that is, look at the leaves of the meat. If the leaves at the bottom of the meat become soft and wrinkled, it is a sign that the meat is short of water, and you can water the meat once.

With regard to the period of watering, do not water it at noon when the sun shines directly in summer. Choose sunny and windy net watering. It can be watered at noon in winter.

As for what kind of water to pour, some people say that Rain Water is the best. If you have the conditions to collect Rain Water, you can use Rain Water, if there are no conditions, it is also good to use 24-hour tap water. As for the water that adds some strange substances, try not to use it.

5. Diseases and insect pests

Diseases and insect pests are also a problem that can not be ignored in succulent plants. Generally speaking, whether it is diseases and insect pests, the most important thing is prevention, followed by treatment. As mentioned before, poor ventilation and high air humidity can easily cause diseases and insect pests, so the growing environment of meat must be ventilated. In addition, when the meat turns the basin, you can soak the roots with carbendazim solution when washing the roots, and mix some small white medicine and other insecticides when mixing the soil. these are all measures to prevent diseases and insect pests. After the occurrence of diseases and insect pests, or the use of drugs or physiotherapy should be treated according to the situation. Small exquisite life before the article also has a special introduction to pest control.

The above is the basic knowledge of succulent plant conservation for novice friends. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. As long as we learn more and practice more, we will all become masters and gods.