In summer, succulents drop their leaves like crazy - what on earth is the reason?

We all know that summer is the hard season for growing succulents. Friends who grow succulents have probably all run into things like black rot and leaf drop. So then, when a succulent drops all its leaves overnight, what exactly is going on?

When a succulent plant loses all its leaves overnight, this is the prelude to black rot,

In summer, succulent plants are most prone to suddenly dropping leaves, and it is usually because the roots have been smothered. The biggest cause of smothered roots is soil that is too wet in the pot, so the roots cannot breathe properly and are starved of oxygen. The leaves suddenly lose their supply of water and nutrients, and then they drop off all at once in a rush.

When you notice a succulent dropping leaves, it is usually quite hard to save. Some can still recover with careful care if the roots are not too badly smothered. One of my succulents was in this situation a few days ago too, dropping leaves like crazy. I rushed to rescue it and dug it out to look at the roots, which were fine (at the very beginning the root color had not changed yet), but after sterilizing and replanting it still developed black rot.

So when growing succulents in summer, be cautious, cautious, and even more cautious with watering! When you notice leaf drop, do not water again. Keep it in a ventilated, bright-indirect or semi-shaded environment, pick up all the fallen leaves in the pot, and spray a little broad-spectrum fungicide. Whether it lives or not depends on its fate. If the pot comes off easily, taking it out of the pot for ventilation is best. But make sure the original root ball stays intact, and do not damage the fine feeder roots again.

At this point, taking it out of the pot, washing the roots, and replanting is asking for death. The plant is already sickly, and if you both trim the roots and wash the roots, it would be a miracle if it did not die. If the fallen leaves quickly turn to mush, do not wait - behead it and start over. If the fallen leaves are fine, the chances it can survive are still fairly good.

Is there anyone else out there like me dealing with endless stretches of rainy days? Several pots of succulents have started dropping leaves and developing black rot and turning to mush. This hateful stretch of cloudy days - the succulents are having such a hard time.

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