[planting of succulent plants] you must know before planting succulent plants

Succulent plant is one of people's favorite plants, so do you know this small plant? let's go and have a look.

Succulent plant knowledge popularization: succulent plant is also known as succulent plant, succulent plant, sometimes called succulent flower in horticulture, but the name succulent plant is the most commonly used.

Succulent plants refer to a certain part of plant vegetative organs, such as stems or leaves or roots (a few species have both parts), which have developed parenchyma to store water and appear thick and succulent in appearance.

Most of them grow in arid areas or dry areas for a period of time of the year. For a long time each year, the roots can not absorb water and only rely on the water stored in the body to maintain life. Sometimes people like to call this kind of plant desert plant or psammophyte, this is not quite accurate.

It is true that many succulent plants grow in desert areas, but not all of them grow in the desert. There are also many plants that are not succulent plants in the desert.

Succulent plant species

Succulent plant is a concept in floral horticulture, sometimes called succulent plant. But the meaning of succulent plants in horticulture is narrower than that in botany. In botany, succulent plants are also called succulent plants or succulent plants. The term is Swiss botanist Joan. First proposed by Bao Han in 1619, it means that such plants have thick fleshy stems, leaves, or roots. It includes all species of Cactaceae, Amygdaceae and some species of more than 50 families, with a total of more than 10,000 species. See cultivated succulent plants including cactus, apricot, Euphorbiaceae, crassulaceae, Cyperaceae, Asclepidiaceae and so on.

The water storage tissue of succulent plants is particularly well developed, but their reproductive organs are not much different from the common plants in their respective plants. According to different succulent parts, succulent plants can be divided into three types: leaf succulent plant, stem succulent plant and stem (tuber) succulent plant.

Leaf succulent plants: the leaves are highly succulent, but the succulent degree of stems is low, and some kinds of stems have a certain degree of Lignification. Such as Amygdaceae, crassulaceae, Liliaceae and tequila.

Stem succulent plant: the water storage tissue of the plant is mainly distributed in the stem, some species have segmented stems, angled and verrucous processes, and a few species have slightly fleshy leaves, but generally fall early. Represented by succulent plants of Euphorbiaceae and Ramoaceae.

Stem succulent plant: the succulent part of the plant is concentrated at the base of the stem, and this part is particularly inflated. The shape of the expanded stem base varies due to different species, but it is mainly spherical or nearly spherical, sometimes semi-buried underground, without nodes, edges, and verrucous processes. There are leaves or leaves that fall early, and the leaves grow directly from the top of the inflated stem base or from slender branches that are suddenly thinner and almost fleshy, and sometimes such slender branches also fall early. It is represented by succulent plants of Dioscorea zingiberensis, Cucurbitaceae and Passionaceae.

Seasonal growth of succulent plants in early spring

Take a closer look, is it true that many of the lowest leaves of some meat have dried up recently? Do not worry, because spring is coming, meat needs to sprout and grow new roots, the supply of nutrients in the soil is lower than the consumption of meat, naturally draw nutrition from itself, so there will be the phenomenon of dry leaves in the lower layer.

If your meat has been spent on the indoor balcony, and you are in the northern area, don't rush to move the meat outside at this time, because the meat is accustomed to the indoor growth environment, and the temperature in the northern area is still not up to standard. suddenly put in a bad environment, the meat is likely to die. You can open the balcony window to ventilate when the sun is better at noon, so that the meat can slowly adapt to the outside environment. But at night, when the temperature is too low, it is necessary to close the doors and windows to avoid frostbite.

If you are in the south, you can choose a cloudy day with the right temperature to move the meat out of the window and let the meat have a good time. After that, you should pay attention to shade, cover it with something like paper, wait for the meat to adapt, and then take it off. If you encounter cold weather, you still have to move back indoors.

Take a closer look, is it true that many of the lowest leaves of some meat have dried up recently? Do not worry, because spring is coming, meat needs to sprout and grow new roots, the supply of nutrients in the soil is lower than the consumption of meat, naturally draw nutrition from itself, so there will be the phenomenon of dry leaves in the lower layer.

These are all the contents that I have summarized for you before planting succulent plants. I hope this article can help you. Please continue to follow us.

Take a closer look, is it true that many of the lowest leaves of some meat have dried up recently? Do not worry, because spring is coming, meat needs to sprout and grow new roots, the supply of nutrients in the soil is lower than the consumption of meat, naturally draw nutrition from itself, so there will be the phenomenon of dry leaves in the lower layer.

These are all the contents that I have summarized for you before planting succulent plants. I hope this article can help you. Please continue to follow us.