Beginner gardening: These 9 creative ways succulents die in summer - how many have you done?

Summer is here, and succulents don't want to live anymore... I believe many friends have this trouble: no matter how carefully you care for them, every summer a bunch of succulents always die. So what are the creative ways succulents die? What issues need attention? Little Exquisite Life has compiled several common ways succulents die, and hopes everyone will take note:

1. Death by disease

Black rot, fusarium wilt, sooty mold... these are all diseases that flare up frequently in summer heat, and once discovered, there is no other way besides beheading and amputating. So prevention is the priority. How to prevent it? Ventilation, sun protection, water control, and then carbendazim, alcohol and such on standby at all times.

2. Death by sunburn

Let's not even talk about that tiny little lump of a succulent - in the middle of summer, you go stand outside in the sun for a day first and see! In summer, those who should put up shade netting should put up shade netting. Don't talk about the succulents' place of origin - those grew up there from the time they were small, how could they be the same as ones that came out of a greenhouse?

3. Death by stuffiness

Some friends see how plump and lively the succulents grown in greenhouses are, and think, why don't I simulate a greenhouse environment at home too? So then, they cover it with a glass cover, and end up suffocating the succulent to death. What you don't know is that although a greenhouse is covered, it has specialized ventilation design measures - can your little glass cover fit an exhaust fan? Actually, summer is already quite stuffy and hot to begin with; even without a glass cover, the succulents don't want to live. What the succulents need at this time is not a glass cover but a fan! A fan! A fan! Important things said three times!

4. Death by watering

Frequent watering is a common problem for many beginners, who always feel that plants just need water, otherwise they'll die of dryness. But the amount of water plants need varies! If you water it every day, in a few days it will turn to mush on its own... "Don't water if not dry, water thoroughly when you do" is always the rule for watering, and with succulents, when the dog days of summer arrive, watering needs to be controlled even more.

5. Death by drought

After reading the previous point, some friends don't dare to water. So then, the succulent slowly shrivels, and in the end, unbearably thirsty, it dies... Succulents are plants too, and they also need watering, it's just that succulents need very, very little water. So how to grasp the degree of watering needs to be slowly figured out based on your own climate environment and many other factors.

6. Death by misting

Take a spray bottle, sprinkle some water, cool down the succulent, and the result is... disfigurement... Direct sunlight plus water droplets equals the principle of a convex lens, which everyone should understand. If you want to spray water, you can spray a bit around it, but better not spray it onto the succulent's body.

7. Death by biting

Pests may not kill it immediately like diseases such as black rot, but once they break out they will leave wounds on the succulent. Even if it's saved in time, the wounds cannot be restored. So disinfecting the potting soil and ventilating the environment to prevent pests is still very necessary.

8. Death by etiolation

A girl, whose office is on the north side, kept a Firecracker Plant, and then the Firecracker Plant grew leggy, growing longer and longer, thinner and thinner, more tender and more tender, and in the end the thin tender growth broke clean into three pieces... Succulents need light, light, light!

9. Various ways of courting death

Casually repotting in summer, beheading, when summer is already hard to get through, and you're still so handsy - if this isn't NO ZUO NO DIE, then what is? You finally manage to take a nap in the middle of summer, and then someone tickles your face - wouldn't you be angry?

Birth, aging, sickness and death are the laws of nature, and succulents certainly can't escape them either. But as long as they are cared for properly, many unnecessary deaths of succulents can be reduced. Succulents are life too; respect life, and only then will succulents repay you with beauty, isn't that so?

Compiled and published by Little Exquisite Life.