Succulents "wearing skirts" and "spreading into flat pancakes" in summer are all SOS signals

Succulents "wearing skirts" and "spreading into flat pancakes"

In the morning when you leave home, the succulent still looks like a small lotus, but when you come back in the afternoon, the leaves suddenly droop downward, especially succulents with stems, as if they have put on little skirts, with only a few leaves at the top still looking normal.

Do you think only old stems "wear skirts"? Even ordinary succulents can develop this situation: the leaves flip downward, like a round large pancake. We call it "spreading into a flat pancake." Do flower lovers know what is going on?

Reasons succulents "wear skirts" and "spread into flat pancakes":

1. Variety: Among succulents, Echeveria glauca, Sempervivum tectorum, Echeveria runyonii, Pachyveria 'Blue Bird,' and so on. These succulents have many leaves and a lotus-like shape. When the weather gets hot, the old leaves below tend to wilt, and naturally flip downward.

2. Too much water and too little light: In summer, sunlight is too strong, and many flower lovers do not dare let their succulents get sun. When they see the soil is dry, they want to water. The water in the succulent leaves cannot evaporate, so they tend to droop.

3. Too little water and drought: Too little water can also cause "wearing skirts," but this is more like normal metabolism. The old leaves gradually dehydrate and droop, then slowly dry up.

Summer is a deadly hurdle for succulents. Flower lovers who care for their succulents should pay attention to every signal they send, or they won't make it through the dog days of summer!

Specifically treating succulents "wearing skirts" and "spreading into flat pancakes"

Method 1: Give sun in the morning and evening, and control water reasonably!

Once you find that the leaves of the succulents at home have flipped downward, quickly find the reason: Has it not gotten sun recently? Or has it also been watered too much? After finding the reason, start by correcting the care~

The sunlight in the morning and evening in summer can still be used for succulents. At noon, just shade them or move them indoors. Flower lovers who don't know how to control water can insert 2 bamboo skewers near the edge of the flowerpot. Be careful not to get close to the succulent roots, to avoid injuring the roots.

Pull out the bamboo skewers once every 1-2 days and look at the length that is dark near the roots and has soil sticking to it. If it is less than 1 cm, it means the flowerpot is almost very dry and you can water; if, as shown in the picture below, it exceeds 1 cm, then there is no need to water~

This method is the mildest, and it takes effect in about a week. Look at Huahua's Echeveria, aren't all the leaves standing up~

Method 2: The wrap-and-shape method

If your succulent used to be a little bun and suddenly spread into a flat pancake, then be alert. Once it loses shape, it is very hard to recover later, and you must use a tough measure!

Use the waterproof tape from home for wrapping water pipes and gently wrap the succulent. Note: if your succulent leaves are loose and falling, do not keep trying. Staying alive is more important!

You can also use toilet paper to wrap it, which is more breathable, and the effect is the same~

After wrapping for about a week, it will mostly be fixed in shape. After finally fixing it into a little bun, you must care for it carefully afterward!

Method 3: Remove the lower old leaves

Many flower lovers see that the downward-flipped leaves are not good-looking and just pick them off casually. This easily causes wound infection and leads to fungal diseases such as anthracnose and rot.

The best thing is to water less, wait for the lower old leaves to dry up, and then carefully peel them off. This way, it can also become an old stem!

Method 4: Behead for rebirth

For succulents with many downward-flipped leaves, you can directly choose to behead them and let them regrow. Use cotton thread, a small knife, or scissors, all are fine. It is best to first scald the tool with boiling water to disinfect it (let it cool before use).

The cut flower head and the leaves that were pulled off are best soaked for 10-20 minutes in carbendazim solution to disinfect. After drying, insert them into a small-mouthed bottle for hydroponic rooting. Note: the stem does not need to touch the water surface; rooting mainly relies on the water vapor in the bottle.

Do not give up on the stem after beheading either. Apply a little carbendazim to the wound, place it in a cool and ventilated place, and be sure to water less. Later, more small buds will slowly emerge. Just wait to grow a multi-headed old stem!

Do your succulents "wear skirts"?

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