What effect does water accumulation in succulent potting soil and on leaves have?

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Over the past two weeks, heavy rain has fallen in many parts of the south. Although the continuous rainy season can bring us cooler weather, behind the cooler weather it means that our succulents at home will be threatened. So next, let us take a look together at the effect of water accumulation in potting soil on succulents!

The succulents most prone to water accumulation on the leaves and in the leaf centers are none other than those of the genus Echelia (Echeveria), whose layered, overlapping leaves easily collect water starting from the center. Although the water remaining on the leaves and in the leaf centers of succulents can make the plants look even more outstanding (a feeling of a lotus emerging from water), succulents that live in water-accumulated conditions for a long time are still prone to various effects that are detrimental to plant growth.

The seasons when water accumulation does the greatest harm to succulents are none other than the period from summer to autumn and from autumn to winter (when the season and temperature change abruptly). Why? Because these water droplets remaining on the plant leaves and in the leaf centers very easily create a stuffy, humid environment, and together with the direct and refracted action of sunlight, strong light will leave scars on the plant leaves.

And these remaining scars may become entry points for Fusarium oxysporum invasion, especially during the period in early September, when outdoor ultraviolet intensity is already relatively high and it is also easy to sunburn the mother plant, so succulent fans had best not rashly let their succulents face the test of the continuous rainy season. (The best solution is still to move the succulents back into a ventilated indoor space.)

Of course, appropriately letting succulents (for 2-3 days) face the test of rainwater is still very beneficial for the plants themselves (in spring and autumn, because the climate is suitable and the ultraviolet rays are not too strong, so as long as succulent fans can ensure the growing location is in a relatively ventilated environment, then there is no problem at all).

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