Succulents survived 40°C heat with zero empty pots, safe through summer and ready for outdoor growing

Succulents survived 40°C heat, not a single empty pot, passed the "gate of hell" and are ready for outdoor growing!

Many friends who love growing succulents won't buy succulents in summer, because getting succulents through summer safely is a real headache. In summer succulents need light, but placed on a balcony, if you're the least bit careless some succulents will struggle to make it through summer, and may even all die. This summer almost all the succulents grown at home made it through safely. To sum up, as long as you pay attention to these few issues, succulent plants can safely get through summer. Let's take a look!

Succulents can go without direct sunlight, but they must be placed in a ventilated spot. When summer temperatures exceed 35°C, you need to put the succulents indoors in a ventilated spot with light. After watering each day, take a small household fan and blow it gently over them for 5-6 hours in the afternoon; this is to increase air circulation and also has a cooling effect. At night, put the succulents back outside. If you find this troublesome, you can place the succulents near the balcony door. Absolutely do not put succulents in an air-conditioned room; succulents grown this way won't die, but when September comes and they can be grown outdoors, your succulents will easily become leggy, and the plants will be loose and weak.

Shading for succulent plants must be handled differently for different types. Those that like partial shade should be placed under tree shade; those that don't like sun can be placed where there is no direct light. In addition, the quality of the potting soil is also very important for whether succulents can get through summer smoothly. Succulents are not suited to being grown in soil dug from the ground; this kind of soil easily compacts, and the succulent roots can't absorb nutrients and have no room to breathe. The simplest soil is garden soil plus honeycomb coal cinder, with an appropriate amount of organic fertilizer added and composted together, then left to sun for a few more days after half a year. Growing succulents doesn't require specially bought soil; soil mixed in this ratio is very loose and breathable, and has a certain fertility, which is very beneficial to the growth of succulents.

Also, when watering succulents in summer, don't choose a time when the light is strong; try to keep this to the evening. After a night of absorption and evaporation, by the next day the water in the pot is basically almost dry. After the morning and afternoon there will be no standing water in the pot, and the succulent plants won't get root rot. Don't think that because the sun is strong you should water then; that will water your succulents to death. Summer rainwater isn't entirely good for succulents either, so you also need to protect them from rain. Simply put, growing succulents in summer just requires attention to these few details. As long as you do this, your succulents will all get through summer safely, and when autumn comes and they're grown outdoors, they'll develop even more beautiful jelly colors.