Succulent and clivia roots rot? Throw them in water and they actually grow like crazy

Throw a succulent with root rot into water, and its fibrous roots grow longer than your fingers!

After a whole summer, I bet many of your succulents have either died or developed root rot. But as long as a succulent isn't completely dead, throwing it in water can save its life!

1. Take the succulent with root rot out of the pot, clean the soil off the roots, and remove the leaves at the base that have already turned black, rotted and become mushy.

2. Using a pair of sterilized scissors, cut off the succulent's rotten roots. You can cut a little more to avoid any remaining bacteria.

3. If the succulent's root rot is quite severe, just use a small knife to cut off all the rotten roots from the base.

4. After pruning, apply some carbendazim powder to the succulent's cut areas, then place it in a bright, ventilated spot to dry.

5. Prepare 1 disposable paper cup, cut it in half crosswise, score a "+" shape on the base, and push it open downward with your hand.

6. Place the dried succulent on the paper cup base, then put the base inside another disposable paper cup. Add water to the outer cup until it just covers the succulent's roots. If it has no roots, keep the water level about 0.5cm from the bottom of the succulent.

7. In less than 10 days, the succulent will grow long fibrous roots. Once the fibrous roots are plentiful enough, you can choose to transfer the succulent to soil culture.

Throw a clivia with root rot into water, and its big white roots grow thicker than a ham sausage!

Many flower lovers' clivias barely made it through the hot, humid summer, only to have their roots rot just a few days into autumn. Don't worry. Learn this trick of mine, and your clivia can still be saved!

1. Take the clivia with root rot out of its pot. Don't pull hard when removing it, because although the clivia has root rot, it may still have some healthy roots left.

2. Rinse the soil off the roots with water, and cut off all the rotten roots and useless hollow roots.

3. To avoid any remaining bacteria, before water culture, first soak the clivia in a potassium permanganate solution for about 15 minutes.

4. Prepare a water culture container specially for clivia, thread the roots through the planting basket, secure them with coarse ceramsite, then pour in water until the water level covers 3/5 of the clivia's roots.

5. Place the clivia water culture bottle in a bright spot for care, and add some water once the water level drops.

6. In about two weeks, the clivia will grow new white roots. If you want the clivia to grow stronger, wait until it grows 3-5 white roots, then switch to soil culture.

7. To avoid root rot happening again in the clivia, before potting, first place some crushed pine cones at the bottom of the pot to increase air and water permeability.

8. After potting the clivia, place it in a bright, well-ventilated spot. To help the clivia adapt to the soil environment more quickly, keep the soil slightly moist in the early stage.