Building a Little Succulent World: My Dad and I Did It Together

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In the succulent community, nothing is more enviable than parents who love succulents even more than you do,

Today let's take a look at the peach grove and succulent balcony of the succulent lover Nuan Nuan Ai Niu Nai (Warm Love Milk)~

Thanks to the author [Nuan Nuan Ai Niu Nai] for the original share

Edited and compiled by: Duo Rou Kong

Location: Chengdu

Ten Miles of Peach Grove

Local succulent lovers and relatives and friends all ask me

Why do you grow so many succulents

Why do you have so many of a certain variety

I used to be a collector who kept only 1 pot of each variety

Until after moving house, when I told my parents I wanted to tidy up the balcony to put succulents

The moment I saw Peach Egg (Graptopetalum amethystinum), I fell for it

And then I often noticed traces of the powder rubbed off the Peach Egg and Pachyphytum (Moonstone) plants

When I said there were too few succulents and the balcony was too empty

My parents agreed that I could grow more of those pink, plump, round succulents

And then my balcony slowly turned into the style shown below

Most are babies I propagated from leaf cuttings last year and this year

Although they are all still small

But looking at them every day

I feel that no matter how tired and hard work is, I can be healed

The other babies can only make do with living beside them

Besides Peach Egg, my dad

His favorite are the Haworthia (twelve) plants at home

I said I don't know how to grow Haworthia

Now he has resolutely taken on the heavy burden of growing Haworthia

Below are some of the Haworthia he grows

Some I bought, and some are free gifts

I feel my dad has a much better mindset than me

Whether bought or free gifts

He treats them all the same

Many succulent lovers also ask about balcony size, lighting conditions,

flower rack materials and such

I looked through my album and found some photos

To share with everyone

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My little succulent world

First, let me post a picture of the balcony's current state

The balcony is 3.9 sq m in total

Southwest facing, full sun, ventilation is not bad

I started moving in January 2016

Every time I moved, I carried them over pot by pot like this

And then watched them multiply pot by pot

Actually, at that time I had only been growing succulents for less than 1 year

There were several dozen pots of succulents in total

I started buying, buying, buying, and soon the balcony couldn't hold them anymore

Taking advantage of many people in the neighborhood moving into new homes

I picked up a headboard and fixed it on the balcony railing

It became my very first "flower rack"

I don't know if you can tell from the 3 pictures above

See that wooden board placed underneath

That is the "headboard" I painstakingly carried home

Later, when my dad came home from a business trip, he found I had already filled the balcony

Someone with a cleaning obsession and OCD definitely couldn't stand it

So he decisively made me a real flower rack

Facts proved

This flower rack really wasn't practical on my small balcony

It couldn't satisfy my grand ambitions

So I quietly turned it around and leaned it against the wall

Now soil and pots go underneath, leaf-cutting babies go on top, and it's been in use to this day

In the summer of 2017, my dad came home from a business trip once again

He found the balcony was again so dirty, messy, and crowded

His cleaning obsession and OCD couldn't stand it again

He quietly measured the dimensions and designed a plan

Took apart the old flower rack

(For my dad, my previous various arrangements were very dangerous)

Bought materials and brought them home

Then spent 2 days

Building me a brand-new balcony

Done~

Isn't it a perfect fit?

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Having a clean-freak dad like this is also a very good thing

I wonder what your family members' attitudes are toward growing succulents?

Do they approve, oppose, or ignore it? Leave a comment and share quickly!

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