A few key points to fatten up your succulent: create an environment with less water, but give water properly; raise the root system first, use well-drained granular soil, use root control pots or deep pots; start raising it in the early part of the growing season, early autumn is most suitable.
Many friends are accustomed to thinking that the larger the pot the better the root system development, ideally so. But in our specific cultivation process, it is often counterproductive, the larger the pot the easier it is to rot the roots, which mainly lies in the imbalance of water retention and ventilation.At this point, in order to better facilitate our daily cultivation, we should choose a pot that matches the plant, and the safest way is to choose a pot twice as big as the plant's crown.
You cannot expect a seedling to grow large thick roots at the beginning. Do not transplant and trim the roots frequently, but try to make the planting in one step and maintain it for more than one year at a time. Some adult plants can be repotted once every 2 to 3 years, too frequent transplanting will affect the systematic development of the root system and shorten the root life.
In ventilated, low humidity environments, such as balconies and windowsills, soils containing fibrous peat and water retaining media are advocated. Do not remove dust, as these small particles of dust are the best attachment for root hairs and can easily cause root hairs to dry out after removal. It is impossible for plants to grow well when they enter a cycle of repeated rooting processes.
In environments with high humidity and stifling heat, such as in a greenhouse, it is advocated to use a well ventilated media without dust particles, which will help to remove standing water and bring the root hairs into full contact with the air. Because of the high humidity of the environment, it is not necessary to worry about the drying out of root hairs, but more about the circulation and exchange of air.
Some friends grow succulents in small plastic square pots, and when there is not enough soil, they plant the succulent down with only half a pot of soil. Because of the shallow potting soil, they will soak the pot after each dryness. After two months, the succulents grew big and well. The plastic pots are relatively water-retentive, and the succulents are buried shallow, so they are in a "semi-smothered" state, and the succulents can grow better and better. When potting the succulent, the soil can be a little more than half of the pot, because later when watering, the soil will be slowly compacted, it will become half.
Although the succulent roots grown in granular soil are sturdy and drought-resistant, it is difficult to maintain the humidity required by the roots for a long time in the early stage when the succulent just starts to sprout roots because the granules are easy to dry. Therefore, the sprouting of roots directly with granular soil will often face slow growth or even no root growth.so here I offer you a more compromise sprouting root program, that is, the first in the moist fiber soil sprouting roots, when a certain number of new roots grow, and the new roots are long and strong enough, and then put into the granular soil to raise roots. This way the roots are larger and grow quickly in granular soil, and even if they accidentally dry out for a long time, it will not damage the new roots too much.
Watering time during the growing season should be in the evening or night, because succulent plants have a saprophytic metabolism and their stomata are closed during the day, so they basically do not absorb water until the evening. If you water during the day, the water evaporates almost when the succulent needs to absorb water at night, it will be a problem. But in winter and summer dormant season, due to the temperature and dormancy, water demand is less, so it is recommended to water during the day.a little A2 Succulent Slow Realease can also help succulents grow faster.
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