Succulents hard to settle in after repotting? Beginners can easily handle it with a disposable cup and plastic wrap

For some beginner friends, helping a succulent settle in after repotting may count as the first small hurdle. If you are not careful, the succulent may just fade away and never wake up again. The reason is that, for various reasons, the succulent cannot grow new roots, and the succulent loses its sources of nutrients and water, which leads to death. Below, Xiao Jingzhi Life introduces a very simple little trick for rooting succulents. This method lets new roots grow out first, and then you pot them directly, so the pressure of the settling-in period will not be so great.

The first thing you still need to do is trim the succulent's roots and let them dry. This was covered in a previous article by Xiao Jingzhi Life, so this article will not say much about it. Of course, those rootless beheaded cuttings do not need root trimming; just let them dry until the wounds shrink and dry out.

Then find a disposable cup (a transparent one is best, so you can directly observe the succulent's rooting progress; you can also cut open a mineral water bottle), a piece of plastic wrap larger than the cup opening, and a rubber band. Cut a "+" shaped slit in the plastic wrap. The size of the slit should be such that the succulent's roots can go in, but the succulent will not fall through. Fill the cup with a small half of water, cover the cup opening with the plastic wrap and secure it with the rubber band. The slit should be at the center of the cup opening.

Then place the succulent whose roots or wounds have been dried onto the plastic wrap, and push the roots in through the cross-shaped slit, without letting them touch the water surface. After that, place it in a ventilated and cool environment, and just wait quietly for the succulent to root.

If the environment is suitable, rooting usually takes about one week. Of course, rooting time varies with different varieties. After about two weeks, it can be potted. Because it is not directly touching water, most of the new roots are relatively thick and sturdy, without those fine root hairs.

Then just pot it directly, and you will find that the settling-in period is basically not a problem at all.

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