How to Choose Succulent Plants? Master These Selection Tips

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Many succulent enthusiasts, once hooked, just cannot stop, going from common varieties to expensive ones. But when it comes to choosing and buying succulent plants, many friends feel a bit lost!

How to choose succulent plants? This is knowledge that many enthusiasts must learn. Today, let the editor teach you how to pick suitable and healthy succulents from a whole group of them.

1. Roots, this is very important! If the succulent you choose has roots, it can survive in a relatively short time. If it has no roots, then enthusiasts need to pay attention. When choosing, it is best to pick plants with fibrous roots and roots that are not dried out, so that after buying them back and planting them, they will quickly grow new roots.

2. Pests, you must pay extra attention when choosing. Look at the undersides of the leaves and check whether there are small insects in the crevices. The plants you choose should have normal color, clear patterns, and no disease spots, insect spots, or water-soaked spots. The pests of succulent plants are mostly small-bodied spider mites (red spiders) and scale insects. They hide on the undersides of leaves or among the branches, using the patterns and color spots of succulents as cover, and are not easy to spot at a glance, so you must observe carefully when choosing.

3. Soil, when choosing a plant that has already been planted in a pot, please pay attention to whether it has been newly potted. If it is a plant newly potted before sale, the potting soil will be loose, and the plant will wobble noticeably if you shake it gently. Such a plant has not yet grown new roots. After buying it and taking it home, you must avoid strong light and control watering. Generally, only after one to one and a half months can you gradually begin normal care.

4. If you choose a mixed succulent planter, be sure to choose one with a well-arranged, staggered composition and appropriate spacing between plants. The combination in a mixed succulent planter must be suitable, and it is best if the succulents have similar living habits, as this makes them easier to grow. This is because if species with greatly differing requirements for light, water, growing medium, and so on are planted together, future care will be very inconvenient.

5. Location, here referring to the issue of region. Choosing suitable succulent plants according to different places will help succulents grow faster. Although succulent plants are sold in the market all year round, for families in some parts of northern China without indoor heating equipment and with lower winter room temperatures, when buying cold-sensitive succulent plants, you should avoid the dormancy period from November to March of the following year. Otherwise, if continuous low-temperature weather occurs, the plants will be very difficult to keep alive. This is because most succulent plants originate from tropical and southern subtropical regions and are relatively sensitive to changes in environmental temperature.

Through the above five points, enthusiasts must now know how to choose succulent plants!

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