Grow Succulents Like This in Spring for Fast, Full Pots

Cleanup After Overwintering

You may have noticed that your succulents can become shriveled and leggy due to frost damage and lack of light in winter, and by the time spring warms up, they are only "half alive."

At this point, don't lose confidence in your succulents. Remove the frost-damaged "cooked" leaves and dead leaves, move them from indoors to the balcony, let them get some sun and warm up, and they will make a "miraculous recovery."

Pest and Disease Control

Spring is also the active period for insects. Mealybugs, aphids, and root mealybugs are common pests in succulent growing.

At this point, all you need to do is use your hands a little: while admiring your succulents, check both sides of the leaves for black spots or white patches. Once found, immediately remove them or pierce them with a needle. In severe cases, wash the succulents with a 1:1 solution of vinegar and water.

Sun Exposure

After several long months of winter with insufficient light and little sun, succulents urgently need sunlight!!! How should you sun them, and how long is appropriate?

Spring sunlight is not too strong. At temperatures around 15-20 degrees, succulents can be placed on the balcony for full sun exposure. However, in certain areas such as Wuhan and other southern cities, succulents need to be shaded during especially high temperatures.

Watering

Matching the warm and humid spring climate, there is no need to water succulents too deliberately. Frequent watering can instead cause succulent leaves to turn to water or become leggy.

You can water according to your succulents' specific conditions, at a frequency of about once every 5-10 days, following the principles of "small amounts, more frequently" for seedlings, "intermittent, sufficient watering" for mature plants, and "water thoroughly each time" for old plants.

Cuttings and Repotting

Spring is the best time for succulent cuttings. Whether succulents are growing poorly or thriving, they can all be replanted.

Succulents that have never grown large can be dug out, have their excess roots cleaned off, and be replanted in pots, after which they will grow better and better.

For leggy succulents, you can cut off the head. The flower head, leaves, and remaining stem can all continue to grow into succulents!

Succulents are truly beautiful and lovely~ Huahua can never love them enough.

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