Is the first step to making succulents beautiful in autumn the weather?

For plants, the whole year's planning lies in spring.

But for succulents, the planning lies in spring and autumn

Once summer is survived, how do we get through winter?

'Put on autumn fat!'

How do succulents put on autumn fat?

Many friends will say, fertilize!

The advice your senior has for everyone is: if you are not sure, try not to fertilize!

When beginners fertilize succulents, it is simply ruining the plants

Actually, the "fat" in fattening up succulents really has nothing at all to do with the "fertilizer" in fertilizing.

Your senior will not say much here about the chemical principles of fertilizing; actually there is no need to understand them, and they are a headache to look at anyway.

What we care about most is how our little plant babies get fat, right?

More! Sunlight!

Although summer has plenty of sunshine, it is too much of a good thing, and the temperature is extremely high.

To keep our succulents alive, we shade them and cool them down as much as possible...

Succulents that go without light for a long time become thin and stretched out!

To put on autumn fat now, what we need to do is let succulents get as much sun as possible before 10 a.m. and after 3 p.m., and outdoor growing is the best way.

For friends in the south, proper shading is still needed at noon to guard against the dreaded Indian summer.

Control watering

Watering heavily in autumn will only make succulents grow leggy, taller and taller, not fatter and fatter!

For succulents that came through summer with watering cut off, the root system is very fragile, and once the amount of water is increased, black rot and death are extremely likely.

Proper water control in early autumn will give succulents a sense of water shortage, and only after watering will they store water in their leaves, so the leaves will become fatter and fatter.

Temperature difference

Outdoor growing in autumn gives the best condition: high temperatures during the day, low temperatures at night, and a large day-night temperature difference is the best time for succulents to become beautiful.

Lower temperatures at night reduce their own nutrient consumption, and if they only take in without consuming, they will naturally get fat.

For those without the conditions for outdoor growing, put succulents by a well-ventilated window and let the moving air cool them down.

Enclosed growing

Enclosed growing creates a large temperature difference environment for succulents, increasing the day-night temperature difference by raising daytime temperature and humidity, so that succulents accumulate more nutrients.

However, this method is only suitable for Haworthia-type succulents, such as Haworthia cooperi.

Use a transparent disposable cup, cover the succulent with it during the day, and open it at night and place it in a well-ventilated spot to breathe.

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