When Is the Best Time to Buy Succulents

Many gardening friends love growing succulents in pots, not only because of their high ornamental value, but also because they do a great job of decorating indoor spaces. More importantly, keeping potted succulents at home can enrich our lives and add a lot of fun to our daily routine. But many gardening friends get their plants by buying succulents, and if you are going to buy them, we need to choose a season in which they are relatively easy to keep alive, right?

Succulents generally have the characteristics of liking warmth and sunlight and not tolerating cold, so for gardening friends in the northern regions of our country, they are generally harder to grow in winter. In the southern regions of our country, the temperatures are often higher year-round compared to the north, so succulents are generally more suited to being grown in the southern regions of our country. But even so, we still need to choose the best season to buy succulents.

Practice has proven that if you are buying succulents to take home and grow in pots, autumn is the best season to buy them. Buying succulents in autumn to grow in pots is mainly because the autumn temperatures are relatively suitable and the light intensity is relatively moderate; as long as we do not let them bake in direct sunlight, they are usually quite easy to recover from transplanting and settle into their pots. And buying succulents in autumn to plant has quite a few advantages.

1. Since the hot summer with excessively strong light has just passed, sellers may be left with a large amount of stock, because in the eyes of many gardening friends, spring is the peak season for buying flowers and plants. The cost of buying in autumn is often much lower than in spring, because sellers also want to clear out their backlogged stock as quickly as possible, so buying succulents in autumn is generally economical and good value.

2. Having likewise endured the tough summer, the succulents that survive are generally those selected through survival of the fittest, so the plants naturally have stronger vitality, are easier to re-establish after purchase, and are more likely to return to normal growth later, with their growth naturally being much better as well.

3. Buying succulents in autumn to take home and grow, even if you place them outdoors in the southern regions of our country, they are usually not so easily damaged by frost. Moreover, most people keep their succulents at home anyway, and in the southern regions of our country even outdoor temperatures basically stay above 0°c, so the plants are easier to grow.

In summary, buying succulents in autumn to grow in pots is not only favoured by a relatively suitable climate and environment, which helps the plants recover quickly and smoothly and return to normal growth, but also, from the perspective of economy and value, the prices are often lower. And after the survival of the fittest through summer, the succulents that remain are of higher quality as well.