How to water succulents during consecutive rainy days?

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Have you ever had this confusion: it rains for several days in a row, and there is no sunlight, so you do not know whether you should water your succulents?

In fact, with a careful analysis we can clear up the confusion and get the answer. First, during consecutive rainy days, two environmental conditions change: one is insufficient sunlight, and the other is increased humidity. Under such conditions, the interval between waterings must be lengthened a bit, because moisture dries more slowly, and the amount of water given should also be reduced a bit, because the air humidity supplies moisture.

As for how much longer the interval should be stretched and how much the water amount should be reduced, this depends on our environmental conditions.

Light intensity and air humidity, these two indicators, determine the evaporation from the soil. If light is sufficient and humidity is not high, we must not blindly cut off water for succulents just because it is raining outside, otherwise the succulents will die too unjustly.

In short, no matter how heavily it rains outside, as long as the succulent's soil (the top few cm of soil) can still become dry in such weather, you should boldly water the succulents, but the amount of water must certainly be a little less than in normal weather.

After the water amount is reduced, if you still use the previous method to water, the situation of incomplete watering, or half-way watering, will occur.

How can you avoid half-way watering?

One method is to turn half-way watering into watering half the pot. That is, if we want to reduce the water amount and still water thoroughly, then just water half the circle, or one third of the circle. The water will penetrate downward in a more concentrated way in one half of the flowerpot, and of course will also gradually soak into the other half of the flowerpot through capillary action. In this way, after the water drains through, at least the soil in half of the flowerpot still remains in a fairly airy state.

PS: If the flowerpot is relatively small, you can aim only at one corner of the flowerpot to water and water it thoroughly.

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