How to maintain succulent plants in summer (how to grow succulent plants to survive the summer)

How to care for succulents in summer

Summer is like a catastrophe for succulents, so you have to be very careful in caring for them. They may look fine one day and die the next.

Whether they can survive this disaster safely depends on the people who take care of them. Because of your diligence and your soft heart, you are afraid that they will dry up and feel sad that they will be burned in the high temperature.

Maybe after this summer, your succulents will only have pots left. In fact, if you master the following points, you can keep your succulents safe in summer.

First, reasonable watering

Succulent plants often suffer from root rot in the summer, and this phenomenon is also closely related to daily watering. Although the temperature is high in summer and water evaporates quickly, it needs to be watered more frequently.

However, you should wait until the soil in the pot is dry before watering each time. If you water too frequently, the soil in the pot will become very moist, which will suffocate the roots, causing damage and affecting the normal breathing of the roots. Over time, the roots will begin to rot.

When watering succulents, you should water them according to the dryness and wetness of the soil in the pot, and water them when they are dry and wet when they are wet.

Second, stop fertilizing

It is not suitable to fertilize it when the temperature is too high in summer. Generally, when the temperature is above 32℃, the plant cannot withstand the high temperature and enters a dormant state to protect itself. When the plant is dormant, it also requires very little nutrients.

If you continue to fertilize and supplement nutrients at this time, the plant will no longer grow. Instead, its roots will easily be burned and cause root rot.

Therefore, if the temperature of the maintenance environment is relatively high in the summer, do not continue to fertilize it. Let it rest quietly until the temperature drops in the autumn, when the plant resumes normal growth, and then start to fertilize it with some thin fertilizer water.

Third, pay attention to shade and sun protection

Most of the succulents grown at home like sunlight. During the growth period, they need to be exposed to more sunlight so that they can grow healthily.

After the summer, the temperature continues to rise and the light becomes stronger and stronger. At this time, succulents are no longer suitable to be placed outside in the hot sun. Otherwise, the high temperature of the pot surface, coupled with strong sunlight, will easily cause the leaves to dehydrate, wilt, become soft and wrinkled.

In summer, move the succulents you keep at home to a cool and ventilated place, or build a shade net for them to prevent the sun from burning the leaves.

Fourth, increase environmental ventilation

Succulents are prone to various diseases and pests in summer, and the occurrence of diseases and pests is mainly due to the hot and stuffy environment, the overly humid potting soil, and the relatively closed environment, which causes bacteria and insects to breed in the potting soil and cause damage to the plants.