Understand the principles of succulent root germination to grow succulents well

If you want to know about succulent root germination, you must read the following.

1. Air humidity

When the air humidity reaches 99% saturated air humidity, succulents can germinate roots without soil or other media. Succulents in greenhouses are very easy to propagate successfully,precisely because the air humidity more easily meets the requirements for rooting.

The reason many succulent enthusiasts fail at propagation is that they confuse air humidity with soil humidity, always thinking that high soil humidity is more conducive to succulent rooting. Actually, wrong, wrong, wrong. When soil humidity is high, the roots will not absorb water either; they still rely on high humidity in the air.

2. Hormones

When succulents have wounds, we first let them dry out before planting. The reason is that when succulents shrivel, water is lost and hormone concentration increases.

Only when hormone levels rise will it help root germination and growth.The reason we use rooting powder is to raise the hormone levels for succulents.

3. Light

Light promotes fluid flow and transpiration in succulents, but strong light causes hormones in some succulents to flow to the top, preventing root growth instead. Therefore, light must be appropriate; both too weak and too strong are no good.

4. Healing

For beheaded succulents, they can easily become infected with bacteria at the wound, producing toxins that affect healing and germination. Therefore, proper wound treatment is crucial.

Everyone must have experienced succulents that have been propagated for a long time but simply will not grow roots, or even suddenly rot. The cause is infection.After beheading, they must first be dried.

This is different from propagation again. At this point, the air needs to be dry, which is good for wound healing. For juicy succulents, you also need to use paper towels to dry the wound promptly, let them dry appropriately, and even wait until the tissue has shriveled to a certain degree before propagating.

5. Potting

Succulents should first be dried until they shrivel before potting. Place a little vermiculite on the soil surface where it contacts the tissue, because vermiculite has fewer bacteria. After planting the succulent, water thoroughly, put a plastic bag over the pot, blow air into the plastic bag, and place in a semi-shaded area.

Because the plastic bag contains carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide is food for succulents, this method has a very high propagation success rate.