How to correctly handle dead leaves on succulents

Many gardening friends know very little about succulents and hold many mistaken ideas and views. Among these, handling dead leaves is done quite improperly, and if we clean them up incorrectly, it is easy to cause damage to succulents. So what is the correct way to handle them? Below, let's talk about how to handle dead leaves on succulents!

I. Reasons for dead leaves dropping

1. Weather reasons:

None of you gardening friends want to see your succulents constantly dropping dead leaves, right? If this keeps happening for a long time, you need to look for the cause. Some leaf-dropping is actually very common, because succulent leaves are very thick and fleshy, so when water is lacking the leaves become very dry and withered. At this point, watering an appropriate amount can relieve it. There is no big problem, so there is no need to worry too much.

2. Environmental reasons

Environmental reasons are one of the main and most important causes of succulents dropping leaves, because gardening friends live in different places, so the environments where they grow them are all different, and the weather conditions are different too. Many succulents do not adapt to certain growing environments, and the resulting situations include rapid withering and falling off. In this case, simply clean them up, and if the plant is put back into a suitable environment, it can still survive normally.

II. Handling methods

Use your hand to hold the body of the succulent steady, then begin cleaning the leftover leaves around the flowerpot. When cleaning, your movements must be gentle and delicate; you must not use too much force. Use tweezers to take them out one piece at a time. When using the tweezers, do not injure the roots, otherwise the plant will not be able to grow normally. The tweezers should be taken away promptly and must not be left inside. As soon as you find fallen leaves, dispose of them immediately, otherwise once they stick to the plant they become hard to deal with. Even if they have already stuck to the plant, do not use your hands to pull at them, because this will not only fail to remove them but will instead tear and injure other leaves. Try to be careful and meticulous; if it really cannot be done, wait a few days and look again.

The above are the reasons for dead leaves on succulents and the solutions. Here I suggest that if the environment you are in is not suitable for growing succulents, then it is better not to grow them, because an unsuitable environment very easily leads to problems. Another point is the cause of insufficient water: as soon as succulent leaves show a lack of water, dead leaves will appear, so everyone must pay attention to these points.