Thank you! 💕 In my attempt to make sure I don't lose any plants to rot, I think I've become a chronic underwaterer. 🤦🏻♀️ Often roots die and they need water therapy to recover. Hopefully I can do better in the future.
@SucculentsBox
Жыл бұрын
Yeah... let's keep trying and you will have some lovely friends beside you
@bonitacheng6574
Жыл бұрын
Hv recently over watered a succulent, and then it turns black and died in a few days. Very scare to give lots of water to them now. What should I do?
@mazplants6689
2 жыл бұрын
Just be careful-signs of underwatering can also, seemingly contradictorily, mean you are actually *overwatering,* instead. If your plants develop root rot from sitting in soggy soil for too long, too often, the plants will not be able to take up water, as their roots will be gone. This will often show itself through signs of underwatering, when the reality is the opposite. If you make sure you use a grit-based substrate, and also make sure your pot has a drainage hole (super duper important), your risk of overwatering decreases to almost none. You can still overwater depending on the specific plant and climate, but succulents (and plants of all sorts) become a lot easier to water correctly once the pot and substrate are taken care of. And with those two things (a gritty substrate and a pot with a drainage hole), you’ll be able to be reasonably sure that signs of underwatering are, in fact, signs of underwatering, and not of overwatering. By grit-based substrate, I mean no more than 30-50% organic matter (such as store bought succulent/cacti mixes, which count as fully organic for this purpose, as they never have enough grit in them), with the rest being 2-6mm grit such as granite, pumice, scoria, quartzite, etc. You can use horticultural perlite or coarse horticultural sand (a specific type of sand-please do not use beach or play sand) if you absolutely must, but they are not ideal if other types of grit are available to you. Perlite floats to the top of the pot when watered, leaving the organic matter soaking wet and grit-free underneath, while sand, even horticultural sand, does not have large enough particles to create proper drainage and prevent the potting mix from compacting in a heavy “soup.” Think outside the box for finding grit-for example, you can find horticultural granite or quartzite marketed as “poultry grit” (just be sure you’re buying 100% rock and nothing with oyster shells or probiotics or whatnot added in); pumice can be found very cheap on the west coast of North America, Hawaii, Japan, or other places in the world near volcanoes; turface mvp (marketed as a baseball diamond ground cover) can be sifted to size with a clean piece of window screen (make sure to wear an n95 and protective goggles if you sift your own substrate, to protect from dust); etc. If you want to make your own gritty mix, look up “Al’s gritty mix,” which is a basic recipe that can be tweaked to adjust water retention depending on your plant, climate, and what type of pot you are using. Al (the person who created this recipe) has talked extensively online (mainly in the gardening forums housed at houzz.com, with the username “tapla”) about the science of the gritty mix, so that you can choose materials that are available and cheap in your area and adjust the mix to compensate for their ability to hold water. If you don’t want to mix your own potting mix, and don’t mind spending a fair bit of money for someone else to do it for you, bonsaijack.com sells an excellent pre-made gritty mix that will work for most succulents and cacti. They also sell individual substrates that are meticulously pre-screened, if you want to make your own mix without doing a lot of searching for the cheapest ingredients.
@SucculentsBox
2 жыл бұрын
You have your points and we appreciate you for sharing it here. Thank you so much!
@FussySucker
2 жыл бұрын
and the succulent is using the remains water in it's leaves
@Sternschnuppen85
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this! How often should you repot your succulents?
@adoptdontshop7
Жыл бұрын
Can someone please help 🙏. My succulent is hugely underwaterd and half the plant has mushy leaves that are dripping water from them. Should I cut those ones off?
@SucculentsBox
Жыл бұрын
Yes, you should remove those mushy leaves
@aungbhonemoadam
2 жыл бұрын
31minutes ago🥰🥰🥰
@SucculentsBox
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you find this video helpful!
@Piemesan
2 жыл бұрын
But how regularly should you do repottings?
@kaylacooleybodine7138
2 жыл бұрын
I only do it once a year & that’s only when I feel it’s needed. Most times if the plant hasn’t outgrown the pot I just take out the top half of the old soil & add fresh in along w/ new top dressing & ta’da! But I suppose it all depends on what the plant(s) look like, what kind they are, etc.
@mazplants6689
2 жыл бұрын
Every 1-2 years, for most succulents.
@SucculentsBox
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Nichole, Kayla and mazplants were right, we have nothing to add on ^^
@habibbutt4041
Жыл бұрын
Hii I buy some succulents from other city bare rooted and now some got wrinkles on leaf and looks like they are dying and soil look still moist What am doing wrong? From ur video they look underwater but soil still feel moist Can u give me any suggestion thanks😊
@SucculentsBox
Жыл бұрын
It seems the roots haven't gotten the water yet so the plant is underwatered while the soil's moist. Maybe you can try to water it a little bit and check it every day till it recovered.
@habibbutt4041
Жыл бұрын
@@SucculentsBox thanks Should i repot them? Or just water a little more close to roots and see how it goes
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