How do you grow succulents into plump, chubby little things? A few tips to make them shoot right up

Introduction: The most beautiful time for a succulent is when it is plump and chubby, so how should you care for it to grow full and attractive? Understand these habits, and your balcony succulents will grow better and better.

What factors are related to how plump and beautiful a succulent is? First, we need to know that a succulent's plumpness and juiciness are greatly connected to temperature difference, soil, and water. Temperature difference is one of the conditions that can produce plump and vividly colored succulents. Places with a larger day-night temperature difference are more suitable for growing succulents; a larger temperature difference lets succulents absorb nutrients during the day and reduce evaporation and consumption at night, thus achieving the effect of allowing succulents to store water.

The main reason succulents become plump is water control. Hobbyists say that before controlling water you must first grow the roots; after the root system is well grown, then you give the succulent water control. These plump succulents are not newly bought ones; basically they are succulents that have been grown for one or two years, and their root systems are relatively healthy. At this time, water control for the succulent is very effective. If conditions allow, you can appropriately extend the watering cycle to create the illusion that the succulent has entered a period of water shortage. During this period, in order to store water, the succulent will desperately absorb water. Would such a succulent still not be plump and beautiful?

When controlling water, you also need to combine it with light. After all, the light on a balcony is very insufficient, and watering too much easily causes leggy growth. We can water more when the light is relatively abundant, but when there is less light we cannot, otherwise the succulent is very prone to leggy growth. If it is about to rain, the watering interval should be even longer, but if it is always a ventilated, sunlight-filled environment, the watering interval can be appropriately shortened a bit; do not let the root system remain in a dry environment for a long time.

Generally speaking, water control means controlling the amount of water and the watering interval. If you previously watered relatively heavily, the amount of water should slowly begin to decrease, but do not reduce it too much all at once, otherwise the root system will easily dry out. Wait until the next watering and reduce it a little more, but it is best not to cut off water to the succulent entirely; maintain a certain amount of watering.

It is recommended to use a smaller flowerpot. The size of the pot can refer to the size of the succulent plant; being twice as large as the leaf crown width of the succulent is enough. Succulents planted this way easily become plump. A small pot drains relatively quickly, and the ventilation in the soil is also relatively good. After all, there is much less soil, which is greatly beneficial to the succulent's breathing, and water control is also very easy to make effective. Where do you all grow your succulents, and have they gotten plump this autumn?

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