The Complete Guide to DIY Succulent Arrangements: Easily Create Your Own Little Potted Plants
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Miniature succulent potted plants and succulent arrangements are a rather popular way of growing succulents nowadays. Displayed on computer desks, writing desks, windowsills and other places, they are novel, stylish and full of fun. Succulent fans are also increasingly keen to make their own succulent potted plants according to their own interests, giving their succulents a unique home. Now let's talk about all things succulent DIY.
I. Choosing Succulent Varieties
Succulent species suitable for making small potted plants need to have a compact plant shape, strong habits, be easy to grow and keep alive, and be easy to manage. They can be planted singly or several plants can be grown together in one pot to make a combined arrangement. However, some rare and precious varieties, or those with weak growth, high environmental requirements and difficult care, are not suitable for making this kind of small potted plant. As for their source, besides seedlings you propagate yourself, you can also buy the succulents you need from succulent greenhouses, which is convenient and simple and also offers a greater choice.
II. Common Modes of Succulent Bonsai
1. Natural style
The form mostly imitates bonsai styling, and the layout mostly adopts a natural style; there is no need to deliberately make a certain geometric pattern, and ornamental stones or other accessories can be added as needed to highlight the wild charm of nature. For the container, you can choose rectangular, oval, round, square or other shapes, with ceramic, purple clay pots, porcelain pots and stone being preferable; the color and shape should not be too flashy and should be suitable for showing the natural and elegant character of the potted plant.
2. Fun style
This focuses on highlighting the plant's own characteristics, showing off its peculiar forms and colors. When making a combined arrangement, pay attention to the staggered heights of the plants and the harmony of colors. For the container, it is best to choose small pots with cartoon shapes; you can also choose glass vessels or pots with more unique and interesting shapes such as shell-shaped, heart-shaped, bamboo basket-shaped, peanut-shaped, watermelon-shaped, cartoon animals, figures and so on, to highlight the fun.
III. Succulent DIY Choices
When making a combined arrangement, try to plant succulents with similar habits in one pot, and it is best to combine plants of the same family and genus for easier management. For example, Lithops, Conophytum, Haworthia, Sempervivum and others that like cool conditions and grow in autumn and winter are quite suitable squeezed into one pot. Meanwhile, various cacti, agaves and some species of the Euphorbiaceae that grow in summer and go dormant in winter are more suitable combined together. In addition, be careful not to plant the plants too densely; leave room for the plants to grow. After finishing, it is best to spread a layer of gravel or colored sand on the surface of the pot to avoid bare yellow soil affecting the appearance, but it is not advisable to lay moss, because moss likes a moist environment while succulents like a dry environment; if the two are planted together, their management is very inconvenient. You can also place some cartoon-shaped animals or figures beside the pot or inside it to increase the fun of the potted plant.
IV. Care of Succulent Bonsai
Most succulents like a sunny environment. If there is insufficient light, it will cause etiolation, making the plant stretch out and the tips become pointed. As for succulents placed indoors on computer desks, writing desks and similar places, generally the light is not quite sufficient. To avoid this phenomenon, besides letting them receive as much light as possible, you can also plant several pots and rotate them. Usually do not water too much, to prevent root rot caused by waterlogged soil, and in severe cases even the whole plant rotting, but do not let them stay dry for a long time either, otherwise the plant will wilt and lack vitality, affecting its ornamental value. Generally there is no need to fertilize, because the succulents used as potted plants are basically mature plants with ornamental value; even young plants are mainly for viewing, so there is no requirement for them to grow too fast, and it is best to keep their form perfect. For succulents grown mainly for their foliage, pay attention to promptly removing dried and rotting leaves. When the plant grows too large and affects the effect, it can be repotted. The method is to take the plant out of the pot, or replant it in the original pot, or change to a larger pot and rearrange it. When planting, be careful to cut off rotting roots and use loose, breathable, well-draining soil.
After reading the above succulent DIY methods, do you succulent fans find it simple? Hurry back and give it a try.
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