General Tips/Techniques for Growing Succulent Plants

General Tips/Techniques for Growing Succulent Plants

Succulent plants are generally easy to take care of. However, the most asked question from succulent beginners is “why are my succulents dead, again?”. This is quite a common thing that happens even for plant experts. This article will bring you the most simple instruction on how to take care of succulent plants. 

In terms of basic planting techniques, the fundamental factors would be watering, planting medium, and lighting. Especially for succulent plants, watering is the most influential factor that may cause succulent plants to get rotted or dead. 

Please see below for the instruction: 

1. Watering

The simplest way of watering succulent plants is Never Water It Before the Soil is Completely Dry. This could prevent overwatering and cause the root to become rotted which the entire plant may rot as well. You may say that it is hard to determine whether the soil is dry or not as the pot is not transparent. Well, here is a little trick: stick a wooden toothpick into the soil beside the plant. You could decide to water the plant by checking the dryness of the toothpick. However, growing plants should be relaxing and fun, so there is no strict rule that you must follow. Just remember that succulent plants should water less frequently. Note that succulent plants will go dormant during the summer and winter seasons. For most succulent plants, you should water them even less (e.g., once a month).
2. Planting Mediums

Planting mediums for succulent plants should be well drainage and PH neutral or slightly acidic. Regular potting soil with certain amount of perlite would be great. As for more advanced combinations, you could mix you own soil for your succulent plants. A general soil mixing ratio would be: 40% Coconut Coir or Potting Soil, 30% of Akadama soil, 10% of Maifan stones, 10% of Green Zeolite stone, and 10% of Vermiculite. Actual ratio could vary depending on the planting environment and planting mediums could replace by similar soil or stone. 

3. Lighting  

The majority of the succulent plant prefer more sunlight than regular house plants. A bright southeast-facing window side with 6 hours+ light will be preferred. But please remember during summertime, it is better to move the succulent to a slightly shaded area as the strong summer sunlight may burn the succulent plants. 

 

多肉植物通用种植小技巧 

总而言之，多肉植物作为一种家庭植物相对来说还是比较好打理的。 但是新手们问的最多的问题就是 “为什么我的多肉又死了？”这是非常普遍的事情，老手们也会遇到类似的问题。这篇文章会简单的告诉您如何去照顾我们可爱的肉肉们。

植物种植最基础的三个要素便是，浇水，种植基质，和光照。 尤其对于多肉植物来说，浇水至关重要，水浇的好可以促使它们生根，浇多了便会导致它们的死亡。

因此多肉植物虽然好种植，还是应当注意以下几点。 

1. 浇水

最简单的浇水方法就是记住在土干透前千万不要浇水。水浇多了会导致多肉的根系腐烂，从而导致多肉植物的死亡。你可能会问我该如何去判断土的干湿与否呢？其实很简单你只用准备一根牙签，把牙签插在植物旁边。想要浇水的时候拔出看看牙签的干湿程度再选择是否浇水。养多肉植物本来就是轻松愉悦的，并没有强制要求多久浇一次水。你只需要记住多肉植物不能过度频繁的浇水。有些品种夏天和冬天的时候会进入休眠期，休眠期的水分要求会更少（比如一个月一次）

2.种植土壤

多肉植物需要透气良好的且酸碱度中性或者偏酸的土壤。我们市面上可以买到的花园土加上一些珍珠岩就是不错的选择。如果你想更专业一点的话，可以选择自己去配土。一般的配土比例是40%的椰糠土或者花园土，30%的赤玉土，10%的麦饭石，10%的绿沸石，10%的蛭石。具体的比例可以通过植物做适当的调整，里面的介质也可以换成差不多的土或者石头。

3.光照

大多数多肉植物相比普通的室内植物需要更多的阳光。如果你家里有东南方向的窗户，且每天超过6小时的日照时间这对多肉植物来说是最佳的地方。但是要记住夏天的时候记得给可爱的肉肉遮遮阴。夏天的光线太强烈了，很容易把肉肉们给晒伤。

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2 comments

  • Check Back Later, I will post new blogs about all the possible bugs or diseases of succulent plants.

    - Jack Zou

  • Can you cover some knowledge about bug or disease related. My succulent has some black spot on the leave. Not sure why.

    - Joanna

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