Can Succulents Be Repotted with Soil in Summer? Master These Little Repotting Tips

In summer, succulents gradually enter dormancy because of the temperature, in order to get through the summer safely, and at this time succulents also enter a period of slow growth or even no growth at all. At this time, it is not advisable to carry out too many operations on succulents. But some people may, for one reason or another, want to repot their succulents in summer, so can succulents actually be repotted in summer?

Repotting succulents in summer without trimming roots, with soil

In summer, if you want to repot a succulent without trimming its roots, moving it directly with its soil is feasible, because moving it directly with the soil and without trimming the roots causes no damage at all to the succulent's root system, and after repotting there is no need for much recovery. Moreover, when you repot directly with the soil, neither the soil nor the succulent has changed, so there is no situation where the succulent needs to adjust to a new pot after repotting; it is simply a direct pot change with no issues at all. After repotting, giving it a suitable temperature and watering it thoroughly is fine, and it will not have much of an impact.

It is best not to repot succulents in summer

Although it is also possible to repot succulents in summer without trimming the roots and directly with the soil, I think that unless there is some special reason that makes repotting unavoidable, it is still better not to repot, because in summer succulents are already not very adapted to the temperature, light and other environmental conditions, and they need to use dormancy to reduce damage. If you repot them, they still have to be disturbed, and although the impact is very small, it will still cause a certain effect on the succulent. On the one hand it has to resist the unsuitable environment, and on the other hand it also has to resist the effects of repotting, which will increase its burden.

Therefore, unless it is necessary, it is best not to change pots or repot in summer, because one accident could cause a succulent that could originally have made it safely through the summer to be unable to get through the summer safely because it also has to adapt to the effects of repotting.

A safe method of repotting with soil

If you really want to repot, you can carefully move the succulent directly along with its soil, and when repotting, do not break up the soil and the succulent; keep the original shape of the soil as much as possible. After moving it into the new pot, simply add new soil on top of the original soil. This can reduce the harm to the succulent as much as possible.