How to grow succulents in autumn

Control watering and increase air humidity

As autumn approaches, the temperature drops slightly, and the temperature difference between day and night increases. Succulents gradually resume their growth, so you can water them more often. Since succulents have the characteristic of growing at night, they can be watered appropriately according to changes in temperature. Watering in the early autumn evening and late autumn afternoon is beneficial to the growth of the plant. Water less on cloudy days and stop watering on rainy days.

Succulents should be kept indoors in autumn. Properly increasing the air humidity is more beneficial for succulents native to high altitudes. During the autumn growing season, the relative humidity should be maintained between 45% and 50%, and a few varieties can reach 70%.

Reasonable pruning to optimize plant shape

Dwarf succulent

Most succulent plants are short, with fleshy stems and leaves, and their growth rate accelerates relatively in autumn. For plants such as Snow White and Hanging Money whose stems and leaves grow too fast, pinching can promote branching, form flower buds, increase flowering, and make the plant more compact and dwarfed. To the Desert Rose. Thinning out branches of plants such as frangipani can help keep the plant shape and appearance neat. For plants such as Caiyunge, African king tree, and red cardinal coral that grow too tall, use strong pruning to control their height. For plants such as Hongjuanjuan and Zichi Nianhua that grow too many suckers, cutting off the excess suckers can make the plant shape more beautiful.

Cactus Succulents

Cactus plants will continue to grow after flowering in autumn. Timely and reasonable pruning can not only lower the plant shape and promote branching, making the plant grow stronger and more beautiful, but also promote the germination of bulbs for cuttings or grafting propagation.

If the cactus does not leave seeds after flowering, the remaining flowers should be cut off in time to avoid consuming extra nutrients due to fruiting, which will be detrimental to the formation of new flower buds. However, for Epiphyllum pseudo-Epiphyllum, Paeonia lactiflora and cacti that are easy to grow bulbils, the plant shape can be made beautiful by thinning out the leaf-like stems and removing the overly dense bulbils. For plants such as Christmas cactus and cacti that bloom in early winter, the buds should be picked in time. For columnar cacti, such as white-awn column and dragon god column, they should be pruned appropriately to lower the plant shape and prepare for winter.