How to Make Succulents Produce Lots of Pups? Do This to Easily Grow a Full Pot

Many succulent growers are rather confused about fertilizing succulents, not knowing whether succulents should be fertilized at all, or when to fertilize. Is it true that fertilized succulents grow better and have more vivid colors? Succulent growth basically comes down to a few points: sunlight, temperature and humidity, and of course fertilizing really is useful too.

1. Granular slow-release fertilizer

This is the most common fertilizer we have now. This granular slow-release fertilizer is specially made for succulents, works very well, and releases nutrients gradually. Fertilizing succulents is not that important; with slow-release fertilizer like this, you generally just put in a few granules and then do not need to fertilize the succulents for a long time. It should count as a type of compound fertilizer.

2. Potassium fertilizer

Promotes photosynthesis, increases stem hardness, and promotes the growth of succulent stems and roots. Some old-stem succulents use this kind of fertilizer, but in very small amounts; after all, succulents still favor the original natural old-stem look. If a succulent grower wants to grow old stems, a fertilizer mainly containing potassium can be used.

3. Phosphorus fertilizer

Promotes early flowering and fruiting in succulents; it is a promoting fertilizer that improves drought resistance in succulents. If you want succulents to bloom early or to supplement nutrients while they are flowering, this kind of fertilizer is rather good. Succulents do not commonly use this kind of fertilizer; it is often seen in growing greenhouses,

4. Nitrogen fertilizer

Its role is to make succulent leaves bigger and healthier, slow down leaf aging, and increase yield. Succulent growers who want bigger leaves can try using this kind of nitrogen fertilizer, but the dosage must be controlled well.

I really love growing succulents. At first I only kept about ten pots at home, and I did not grow them well or know how; anyway, as long as they survived I counted it as success. By accident I gave some leftover fruit juice to the succulents to drink, and unexpectedly the pot that got the juice produced more pups than the others, and the plants were crystal clear and stunningly beautiful.

It turns out that after fermentation, fruit juice is a very good organic fertilizer, and it can also ferment into fruit enzyme, which has a really great beautifying effect on succulents. At first I did not know succulents liked drinking fruit juice; it was just that every time I drank orange juice there would be a little bit of residue left, and when washing the cup I would pour some into the succulent pot. Unexpectedly, the unexpected happened.

To improve the resistance of succulents, pay attention to maintaining fertility in normal times. Do not think that succulents are lazy-person plants, so you skip watering and fertilizing. Organic nutrient solution fermented from sugarcane stalks is rich and balanced in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, promotes well-developed succulent roots, strong plants, more sprouting, strong resistance, and lots of fleshy growth.

After the succulents produced many pups, I felt the pots could no longer hold them, so I started taking off leaves and putting them into new pots for leaf propagation. At first I just kept the potting soil dry, sprayed a little water on the surface of the potting soil now and then, and did not let them see light; the leaves could slowly take root this way. There was no other method. I put them out on the balcony to get some sun, and when I drank fruit juice I gave the succulents a few drops.

Gradually the succulents produced more and more pups. In 2 years, from about 10 pots of succulents, I grew to 50 pots, and there was no room left at home. Looking at it, the home was simply a sea of succulents, and I could not just give them fruit juice.

Go to a park or a green belt and cut some tender grass to bring home, then smash it with a wooden mallet, just like the medicinal herbs collected from the mountains in rural areas, smashed into a mash. Then pour in 10 times the amount of water, and use a watering can to water it into the succulent pots. We all know rural areas use rice straw to compost organic fertilizer; watering succulents with tender grass juice is the same idea.

Once winter comes, the grass outside withers and the leaves fall, so the natural fertilizer is gone. Then I bought some decomposed sheep manure online to bring home. Because sheep eat grass, the manure they excrete is of course very good organic fertilizer, and after decomposition there is no odor at all. Each time I water, I soak the sheep manure in the water and water with it together, so absorption is better. If you find it troublesome, you can also mix some into the soil when repotting the succulents.

Caring for succulents is not a matter of one morning or one evening. Besides using the right materials, a very important point is getting sun, so the succulents will not only grow tall without growing plump. In winter, when the temperature is low, you can put the succulents outside in the midday hours where it is not freezing to get some sun. If it is freezing, then you can only put them by the edge of the balcony.

However, winter has one good feature: it easily creates temperature differences. This is a good time for succulents to change color, and also a good time for them to become beautiful, so be sure to seize the opportunity. In southern regions, the temperature difference between morning and evening is at least 10-plus degrees; in the north, with heating, you can only choose a room without heating to artificially create a temperature difference.