Grow a succulent for seven years and it produces a whole litter of pups - 300 yuan well spent
Spent 300 yuan on a pot of succulents, raised it for seven years and it produced "a whole litter of pups" - what a bargain!
Most friends who love growing potted plants prefer succulents, because once you're won over by their cute looks, you fall down the rabbit hole and can't get out. There's no need to say much about the common succulents - I wonder, has anyone ever grown a succulent called "peyote"? It's a small, spineless cactus, a succulent in the genus Lophophora of the cactus family. It flowers, and it also produces seeds - the equivalent of growing one pot and getting ten free. Let's take a look!
Years ago I bought a pot of cactus. Actually, at first I didn't know this plant was a type of succulent - as I raised it I gradually came to understand it better, and when it finally bloomed I found it really fascinating. Over time, new shoots keep growing from its roots and it multiplies nonstop. Back then, who knows what possessed me, but I actually spent 300 to buy a potted plant like this. Now that I think about it, having raised it for nearly seven years, it was a real bargain!
If the peyote is raised well, it sometimes flowers and produces tiny black seeds, so peyote can be propagated by sowing seeds. In addition, peyote can also be propagated by grafting and cuttings. Like common succulents, this succulent likes warmth, dryness and plenty of sunlight, fears waterlogging, tolerates drought and partial shade, and requires a large temperature difference between day and night. It is fairly cold-tolerant in winter and tolerates high temperatures in summer, with strong adaptability, so it is very easy to keep alive.
Seeing how easy this succulent is to keep alive, my friends have all started growing it too. In some places, this succulent sells for six or seven yuan each for one just 1 cm in diameter. Now this counts as having raised "a whole litter of little peyote pups," haha. Actually, there's no secret to growing this potted plant - I usually just cultivate it like any ordinary globular cactus. I wonder, have you ever grown a potted succulent like this?