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Necessary maintenance knowledge for novices to grow succulents

Gustavo Fring
2020-08-31 11:00:03
There are more than 10000 kinds of succulent plants in the world, which are very popular all over the world. The most common ones are Crassulaceae and Cactaceae. With the continuous emergence of hybrid varieties, a large number of lovely succulent plants are approaching. However, as a novice, you have no way to start? Today, Xiaobian will take you to know more meat and learn the necessary maintenance knowledge.

How to buy more meat and its advantages and disadvantages

Flower market, supermarket, flower shop

1. Be able to directly identify multi meat varieties.

2. It is easier to buy healthy and high-quality meat.

1. It is easy to take diseases and pests home.

2. The price fluctuates greatly, which makes it difficult for the first-time maintainer to grasp and spend more money.

Online shop, forum

1. The purchase is simple and complete, and you can buy it without leaving home.

2. The price comparison is convenient and reasonable, and the experience of buying and raising more meat can be exchanged online.

1. It is not suitable to judge the size and health of the plant.

2. If the buyer and the seller are located in different regions, it will take a long time for them to adapt to the new environment and recover.

3. In the process of express delivery, it's easy to get hurt.

How to distinguish the health of meat

Healthy and fleshy

1. The plant is upright; the leaves are many and thick, and the color of the leaves is fresh.

2. The plant is robust; the leaves are free of defects, scorch spots and pests.

3. The price performance of succulent plants with multiple heads is higher than that of single head.

4. There are dense thorns, no defects, no diseases and insect pests; the sphere is full without aging symptoms.

Unhealthy and fleshy

1. Uneven growth

2. Excessive growth of rhizome

3. Flowers are lifeless, leaves turn down, lack of nutrition and water.

4. Diseases and insect pests

Precautions

1. Succulent plants do not grow well in winter, so it is advisable to avoid winter and summer and purchase in spring and autumn.

2. You can't buy too much meat at a time. It's better to have 2-3 pots. Experience needs to be accumulated slowly.

3. Don't buy expensive or precious varieties for the first time, or it will easily fail, resulting in the loss of confidence in raising more meat.

4. Meat needs careful care to be more and more beautiful.

What are the common meaty tools?

Small sprayer

A small sprayer for succulents.

Small sprays are used to spray air around the pages and pots when the air is dry, increasing air humidity. At the same time, the sprayer can also be used for spraying and spraying fertilizer.

Watering kettle

A small sprayer for succulents.

It is recommended to use the squeeze type curved spout kettle for watering, which can control the water quantity and prevent the root from being damaged by the water. At the same time, it can also prevent the water from being poured on the plant and the leaves from rotting. When watering, just pour along the edge of the container. For the multi meat meridian and mini multi meat meridian in the bottle view, it is more suitable to choose dropper watering.

Small shovel

A small sprayer for succulents.

Small shovel is used to mix and cultivate soil, or shovel soil when changing basin, take off basin, add soil, etc. Generally, the fleshy flowerpot is not big. Mini tools are recommended.

brush

A small sprayer for succulents.

The brush can be replaced by a toothbrush or a brush, which can be used to brush off dust, soil particles and dirt on plants and remove insect eggs on plants.

Tweezers

A small sprayer for succulents.

Tweezers can be used to remove dead leaves, cuttings and eggs.

scissors

A small sprayer for succulents.

Scissors are used for pruning and shaping. They are usually used for rooting and cutting.

Bamboo stick

A small sprayer for succulents.

Bamboo sticks can be used to test the humidity of basin soil. Insert the bamboo stick into the basin soil. If the basin soil is not brought out, it means that the basin soil is dry and can be watered.

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