How do you care for the String of Buttons succulent? Grow it at home like this and it will easily fill the pot
String of Buttons - when Huahua first heard this name, she was immediately drawn in. Such a poetic name, and it looks even more distinctive. It sends out many slender branches, so some people also call it "Thousand-Hand Guanyin." And most importantly, it is really easy to grow, and you can easily experience the happiness of a pot bursting with growth. Hurry up and follow Huahua to see how to grow this succulent!
String of Buttons is a succulent that grows especially fast. The branches it sends out can quickly fill a pot. Its small size makes it very appealing. And in summer it does not go dormant like other succulents; it still keeps growing. If you think it has too many "little heads," we can cut off a few branches and then root them as cuttings. This way, we can both achieve the purpose of pruning, letting the original plant grow better, and suddenly have several more pots of succulents.
String of Buttons relatively likes sunlight and is tolerant of drought. In spring and autumn, it can be placed directly on the balcony for outdoor growing. Plenty of sunlight will make it grow plump and beautiful! But in summer, because the light is too strong, we had best bring it inside and put it on a windowsill indoors, then set up a piece of shade cloth. This can also keep it from getting rained on outside. Remember not to let it go without any sunlight at all!
The frequency of watering must be reduced, reduced, and reduced again. Even during the growing period, watering once every half month is fine. If the temperature exceeds 35°C, stop immediately. Also, make sure the growing environment has good ventilation, so it will not develop black rot.
Although it does not completely enter dormancy in summer, its growth rate will relatively weaken. So besides controlling watering, fertilizing must be stopped even more, otherwise any succulent will end its life early. The pest String of Buttons easily attracts is mealybugs. If there are only a few, we can directly wear gloves and catch and kill them, but if there are too many, we need to use a specialized insecticide and spray to kill them.
The most important point is that as we grow it, we will find that String of Buttons also blooms. However, this phenomenon is not a good sign. If you let its flowers bloom freely, then within a few days you will find a pot of dead succulent. So we must cut off the flower stalk before it blooms. The big picture must come first!
Because String of Buttons grows fast and has many small branches, if we do not prune it in time, it will look messy and disordered, seriously affecting its appearance. When pruning, besides considering its overall shape, we should also check whether there are any rotten branches, and then cut them off as well. This can prevent it from continuing to spread.
The specific degree of pruning should be determined by the size of the pot and the plant's growth condition. If you do not want it to trail down, then you can prune more aggressively and give it room to grow. Remember, when pruning, cutting the branches is enough. If it is the kind that has already lost its vitality, just cut it off from the base, because keeping it will only consume too much of the plant's nutrients. Especially in summer, when growth is slow, we need to prepare in advance!
In addition, do not waste the cut branches. After the cut ends have dried, you can insert them into a seedling tray. Then after they take root, move them out, and they are a small pot of succulents! But the prerequisite is that they must be healthy branches, so their survival rate can be guaranteed!