Newly planted succulents can scorch in direct sunlight, so you may need to gradually introduce them to full sun exposure or provide shade with a sheer curtain.
Succulents love direct sun, but if yours is sitting in the same exact spot day after day, it's likely that only one side is getting enough light. Langton and Ray suggest rotating the plant often. Succulents will lean towards the sun, so rotating them will help them stand up straight. Leaning may also be a sign that they need to be in a sunnier spot. Just like us, succulents need more energy when they're in a period of growth.
During the spring and summer, the plants are thriving and drinking up much more water than when they're resting in the fall and winter. Langton and Ray recommend testing the soil with a finger—when the top 1.
Overwatering can kill your succulent, so make sure you let the soil dry between waterings. This same setting works during the warmer parts of the year. Alternately, you can shift indoor succulents outside during spring and summer. Choose a protected location where plants receive bright, indirect light. Research your succulent selection to ensure you are providing ideal light. In their native settings, a succulent will typically grow in sandy, well-drained soil. Duplicate that footing for potted plants by blending your own soil mix — half potting soil, half sand.
To test how well the mixture drains, wet it, then squeeze it in your hand. If it falls apart, you have a mixture they will love. Or you can transplant these easy-grows-it plants into ornamental containers. Most houseplant indoor succulent plants have shallow roots, so you can tuck them into shallow bowls or squat pots. Succulents cannot stand overly moist soil.
Make sure containers have drainage holes to allow excess water to exit. The fastest way to kill a succulent is with too much TLC — and too much water. Unlike typical houseplants, they stash water in their leaves or roots, which act like a reservoir to slake the plant's thirst.
Some gardeners only water jade when the leaves start to pucker or lose their shine, but these are signs that the plant is already stressed; if you wait that long, it might start to drop leaves. Aloe vera grows as a cluster of long, slender leaves on a short stem. Over time, it produces more clusters of leaves called offsets that can form a colony large enough to fill the whole container. It's easy to divide them and move to other pots when things get too crowded.
And while aloe vera might be most well-known for its healing sap used for centuries to treat wounds and sunburn, it does have sharp "teeth" along its leaf edges that can cut an unsuspecting passerby, so handle with care.
Aloe vera is a forgiving, easy-to-grow houseplant that's tough to kill. Like other succulents, it prefers being kept on the drier side rather than having constantly damp soil. And while it does best in bright light, if you were to suddenly move it into a hot, sunny window, its leaves can get burned. There are dozens of kinds of Kalanchoe plants, but the panda plant Kalanchoe tomentosa is quite distinctive.
A native of Madagascar, panda plants have fuzzy, gray-green leaves covered with soft, silvery hairs and tipped with brown or rust-color spots. They can reach about two feet tall as a houseplant, but they grow very slowly. Give it bright light by a window, and let the soil dry between waterings. When you water the plant, make sure not to get any on the leaves or they may rot.
Ponytail palms Beaucarnea recurvata aren't really palm trees, but they do look a bit like them thanks to their long, woody-looking trunk and tuft of leathery leaves at the top.
They grow slowly but can reach tree-like proportions of feet, though indoors they top out around four feet. Although ponytail palm doesn't look much like a succulent, the swollen, bulbous base of the trunk called a caudex stores water and gives the plant its other common name: Elephant foot.
Whatever you call it, it's very adaptable to life as a houseplant , but does best with bright light, warmer temperatures, and low humidity. It's the perfect houseplant for a neglectful gardener because it doesn't need much water, especially in winter when it isn't actively growing.
This classic succulent houseplant seems nearly indestructible. Snake plants Sansevieria trifasciata can survive weeks without light and water without losing their good looks. Their thick, stiff, pointed leaves grow straight up, reaching about three feet long, and often have patterned markings reminiscent of a snake.
Over time, it will multiply into a thick clump that fills the whole pot, but it's easy to divide and repot as needed. When repotting, use a container that has a drainage hole and is at least 1 to 2 inches larger than the nursery container. Fill the bottom one-third of the container with pre-moistened potting mix, then position your plant inside and backfill with more pre-moistened potting mix.
Most succulents prefer at least 6 hours of sun per day, so try to place them near a south- or east-facing window. The number-one mistake many people make with succulents is overwatering them. Saturate the potting mix thoroughly while ensuring water flows out of the drainage hole properly but allow the mix to dry out slightly before the next watering.
If the potting mix stays consistently wet every day, the plant may eventually die. The plants benefit most from fertilizer in the spring when the days get longer and new growth begins , and again in late summer.
Use a balanced, all-purpose, water-soluble fertilizer such as or diluted to half the strength recommended on the package instructions. Can you use sand to plant succulents? Thought it may seem like succulents thrive in sand out in the wild, they actually prefer loose, rocky soil and need nutrients to grow well.
When used on its own, sand has a tendency to compact over time, causing too much water retention in a container. Can you start succulents from seeds?
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