How should you care for succulents? All the care secrets are right here

As the saying goes, "To grow succulents well, first grow the roots." Whether a succulent is grown well or not all depends on whether its roots are good. Good roots bring a very noticeable improvement to the growing efficiency of the succulent. On the contrary, if the roots are not good, it may bring the succulent a variety of adverse symptoms such as dehydration, black rot and malnutrition, and the consequences are also very serious.

So when should roots be trimmed?

And how should they be trimmed?

Usually the best time to trim roots is just as the plant enters

the growing season

, which is the spring and autumn growing seasons! Plant roots are usually divided into taproots and fibrous roots. A taproot is like a radish root, with one main root and fibrous roots growing around the main root. A fibrous root system, such as that of the narcissus, has no thick main root, only fine fibrous roots.

What usually needs trimming is the roots that have aged and whose absorption is blocked. These roots all share one thing in common:

the center of the root is no longer fleshy

, it has either dried up or become severely woody.

We can trim all three kinds of roots shown in the picture above. For dried-up roots, we can

trim them all off

. For roots whose main root is healthy but whose fibrous roots are dried up, you can trim off all the fibrous roots and keep the main root. For woody roots, they must be cut away completely until the white fleshy center of the root is exposed. If you have trimmed all the roots and still do not see it, then trim the stem along with them!

After trimming, it is completely bare, because planting is very convenient then. Holding a bunch of fibrous roots in your hand while planting is really not an easy thing, and everyone has probably experienced this. After trimming the roots, you must be sure to

let the wounds dry

. This drying is not drying in the sun, but placing them in

a ventilated place to dry slowly

. Impatient friends who pot them up after just 1 or 2 days of drying should note that the soil must not be too wet, otherwise they will easily rot. If you dry them for several more days, the soil can be slightly wetter when potting up. Of course, after potting up they must not be exposed directly to the sun. In the growing season, rooting is relatively fast; some common varieties can take root in 1 week. The newly grown roots are white, and around them there will also be some things like

fuzz

. This is not mold!!! It is a very, very healthy root state.

When

several white new roots

have emerged, you can water. At this point you will find that the few white roots that may have taken 1 week to shrivel out will fill the pot in 2 or 3 days. At last this succulent has completed its transformation and can begin normal care with light exposure.

So, when buying imported succulents, many people ask whether they have roots. In fact, this does not mean much, because if they have roots

it is recommended to trim the roots

before planting. However, most Korean goods still have some roots now, while most European goods keep only the main root. In fact, the impact is not very great. Succulents themselves are very tenacious in vitality and root very quickly.

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