Keep Killing Your Succulents? Master These Tips and You Can Fill 5 Pots in a Row
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A few days ago, Huahua posted an article about getting succulents through the summer, and received countless complaints from gardening friends. 80% of succulent growers found that their plants basically all died, while the ones that survived and stayed healthy were basically the ones that were hardly cared for at all. Today, Huahua will talk about the various ways succulents die in summer, so that all you gardening friends make absolutely sure to avoid them!
1. Death from stuffiness caused by high temperatures
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Recently the temperature has really been climbing steadily. Although Qingdao, where Huahua is, has not yet reached the particularly hot period, in the areas of many gardening friends in the south, it has already soared to around 35°C. At this time, if you are even a little careless, your succulents will be sunburned to death!
Solutions:
1. If they have only been sunburned a little, then quickly put the succulents in a cool, well-ventilated spot indoors, let them recover for a few days, or give them a small fan to blow on them so the potting soil cools down as quickly as possible, and they will basically recover. If they have already been sunburned to the point of complete dehydration, then there is absolutely no saving them!
2. Gardening friends who grow them on a south-facing balcony should promptly pull up a shade net to prevent the succulents from being scorched by the blazing sun; and gardening friends who grow them in a yard should also promptly put up a shade net.
2. Death from turning to mush caused by overwatering
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Succulents are extremely drought-tolerant. Even if the summer weather is hot, the amount of water given 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 on them, it will definitely cause them to turn to mush!
Solutions:
1. If you notice in time that your succulents have turned to mush, then quickly use tweezers to remove the mushy leaves, then place the succulents in a cool, well-ventilated spot so the accumulated water in the pot can evaporate as quickly as possible.
2. If the mushiness is especially severe, almost to the point where the entire plant is turning to mush, then this succulent is basically beyond saving.
3. Death from black rot caused by poor ventilation
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Summer weather is hot to begin with. If your succulents are kept in a place without ventilation, it is like giving them a sauna. Over time, black rot will definitely appear!
Solutions:
Mild black rot:
If the black rot on your succulents is not especially serious and only a few leaves have black rot, then quickly remove the black-rotted leaves to prevent the disease from spreading further.
Partial black rot:
1. If the black rot is already especially serious, but the root system shows no problems when you check it, then behead the succulent, cut off the healthy head, and place it in a cool, well-ventilated spot to dry.
2. Cut off all the black-rotted parts on the succulent stem until all the black rot has been removed, then apply a little carbendazim powder to the wound.
3. Place the cut-off succulent head into loose, breathable soil for cuttings so it can regrow roots; and the healthy succulent stem left behind 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 already developed black rot, then dig the black-rotted succulent out of the pot entirely and clean a little of the soil off the roots.
2. Prepare sterilized scissors and separate the entire cluster of Echeveria 'Herrn' offsets to prevent the disease from infecting all of the offsets.
3. Using sterilized scissors, cut off the black-rotted stem of the Echeveria 'Herrn' directly, continuing to cut until the entire cut surface has no black-rotted part left, then apply a little carbendazim powder and place it in a cool, well-ventilated spot.
4. If the cut-off black-rotted stem, along with the root system, has already turned completely black with rot, then just throw it outside directly; it can no longer be kept.
5. To increase the survival rate of the Echeveria 'Herrn', you can root it in water, placing it in a cool, well-ventilated spot. It takes roughly only 20 days for the water-propagated Echeveria 'Herrn' to grow roots!
6. After it has rooted, prepare loose, breathable soil and transplant the Echeveria 'Herrn' into a pot, and very soon you will have another pot overflowing with Echeveria 'Herrn'!
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