Succulents Surviving Summer Safely: Avoiding These Key Points Is Crucial
A few days ago, Huahua posted an article about succulents getting through summer, and received countless complaints from gardening friends. 80% of succulent growers found that their plants basically all died, while the ones that stayed alive and well were basically the ones that were hardly cared for at all. Today, Huahua is going to talk about the various ways succulents die in summer, so all you gardening friends must avoid them at all costs!
1. Death from stuffiness caused by high temperatures
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The temperature has really been climbing recently. Although Qingdao, where Huahua is located, hasn't reached the especially hot period yet, in the areas of many southern gardening friends, it has already soared to around 35°C. At this time, if you're even slightly careless, your succulents will be sunburned to death!
Solutions:
1. If it was only slightly sunburned, then quickly place the succulent in a cool, ventilated spot indoors, let it recover for a few days, or blow a small fan on it so the soil in the pot cools down as quickly as possible, and it will basically recover. If it has already been sunburned to the point of complete dehydration, then there is absolutely no saving it!
2. Gardening friends who grow them on a south-facing balcony should promptly pull up a shade net to prevent the succulents at home from being scorched by the blazing sun; and gardening friends who grow them in the yard should also promptly put up a shade net.
2. Death from turning to mush caused by overwatering
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Succulents are super drought-tolerant. Even if the summer weather is hot, the amount of watering should be reduced, not to mention that some succulents go dormant or semi-dormant as soon as summer arrives. At this time, if you pour a whole pot of water in, it will definitely cause them to turn to mush!
Solutions:
1. If you discover the succulent turning to mush in time, quickly use tweezers to remove the mushy leaves, then place the succulent in a cool, ventilated spot so the accumulated water in the pot can evaporate as quickly as possible.
2. If the mushy rot is especially severe, almost to the point where the entire plant is turning to mush, then basically this succulent is beyond saving.
3. Death from black rot caused by poor ventilation
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The summer weather itself is hot, and if the succulents at home are kept in a place without ventilation, it's like giving them a sauna. Over time, black rot will definitely appear!
Solutions:
Mild black rot:
If the black rot on your succulent isn't especially severe and only a few leaves have black rot, quickly remove the black-rotted leaves to prevent the pathogens from spreading further.
Partial black rot:
1. If the black rot is already especially severe but the root system shows no problems upon inspection, then behead the succulent: cut off the healthy head of the succulent and place it in a cool, ventilated spot to dry.
2. Cut off all the black-rotted parts on the succulent's stem until all the black rot has been cut away, then apply some carbendazim powder to the wound.
3. Place the cut-off succulent head into loose, breathable soil for cuttings so it can grow new roots; and the healthy succulent stem that remains can also slowly sprout several new succulent heads!
Severe black rot:
1. If the succulent not only has black rot on the stem but the root system has also developed black rot, then dig the black-rotted succulent out of the pot entirely and clean off the soil around the roots a little.
2. Prepare sterilized scissors and separate the entire cluster of Echeveria 'Yudie' pups to prevent the pathogens from infecting them, so all the pups don't get infected.
3. Using sterilized scissors, directly cut off the black-rotted stem of the Echeveria 'Yudie', cutting until the entire cut surface has no black-rotted parts, then apply some carbendazim powder and place it in a cool, ventilated spot.
4. As for the cut-off black-rotted stem, along with the root system, if it has all turned black and rotted, then just discard it outside; it can no longer be kept.
5. To increase the survival rate of the Echeveria 'Yudie', you can root it in water. Place it in a cool, ventilated spot, and it will take roughly only 20 days for the water-propagated Echeveria 'Yudie' to grow roots!
6. After it has rooted, prepare loose, breathable soil and transplant the Echeveria 'Yudie' into a pot, and very soon you'll have another pot bursting with Echeveria 'Yudie'!
That's all Huahua has to share for today.
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