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First acquaintance with succulents, at the end of 2015, as a green plant lover, nothing always like to visit the flower market, see a stall selling this ugly thing, a question to know called succulents, it seems that it does not feel anything good, the price is still expensive, a small loss on the price of a pot of flowers, cut! Turn your head and walk away dismissively. Later, I saw on a treasure that there is also this kind of sale called succulents, the price is not expensive, a few cents or 1 yuan can buy a tree, but also send pots to send soil, or buy a few to try? In this way, he broke into the succulent circle in a daze.
Look, this is my first pot of meat, and I have spent a lot of effort to build a small platter, the pot is a fine porcelain that thinks it is white and flawless, and the final ending can be imagined, just like this photo, leaving only a vague figure.
Then start dead buy, buy dead loop road. I also wondered in my heart, how to raise this succulent in the end? So go to the Internet to check, at that time there was not much knowledge about this, people said to use special soil, oh, then no other soil dare to use, all use the so-called succulent special soil that the online store sent a watering water to float up. Every time the meat died, it was going to be turned over, and the paving stones on it mixed into the soil, which frightened me so much that I quickly squatted on the ground and my feet were numb, and I picked them up one by one, for fear that the particles would crush my flesh.
People say to water less, so I don't care about the season, I don't water a drop for a month, people say you can't rain, then I put it on the window sill and never take it out, people say that meat doesn't need fat, so I never fertilize. As for the long worms getting sick or something, huh? And this thing? I've never met ah, huh... Because before this step, my flesh had already flown away.
There are also those succulent names, one by one ancient and strange, who remembers to live, when they bought it, they obviously knew it, and they forgot to go outside the nine clouds. Succulent out of state? What is the state, I haven't seen it, isn't it green. I remember that there was a strong meat tree called Dahejin that I raised to blossom, that was called a proud ah, I thought that it was not easy for meat to blossom (at that time, who knew that meat was actually easy to smoke the flower sword), quickly took a picture and sent a circle of friends, triumphantly showing off: I have several pots of meat, one of which is still flowering. As a result, after the flower bloomed, it was fragrant and jade, and its head did not go back. alas! That black history that can't be looked back on.
Just like this all the way to the 2019 National Day, one day at home shopping for a treasure, suddenly in the home page to see a called "X treasure live", huh? What is it? So a little finger, this is not good, Pandora's box has been opened since then, just into a Yunnan live broadcast room, and it is just autumn, that succulent appearance, beauty turned the sky, a red red, yellow yellow, transparent, suddenly understood, the original is out of the state ah, before I only knew that succulents are green, now I know that the original succulents can also be as red as flowers.
The anchor said: "What meat do the babies like to copy on the public screen, I will find it for you", I thought to myself, I know what I like, I can't even call out the name of the succulent, who knows who is who. So I only squatted in the live broadcast room to watch one by one, and Bought the meat I liked. This is really like, finally feel that the meat is beautiful, and I only like to watch meat live, what other clothes, food, cosmetics, no interest, only to watch meat and meat addiction, every night not to the live broadcast room to go around, the heart is itchy like a cat scratch.
The serious consequence of watching every day is that the meat suddenly increases to more than 100 pots. At the same time, I secretly resolved in my heart that I would raise them well, otherwise I would be sorry for these beautiful elves. So the magic on Baidu to find posts everywhere to see, to be honest, the level of the post that is called a good and uneven, some are obviously a patchwork copy, written to the bull's head is not right in the horse's mouth, the sentences are not smooth, the picture is also messy, don't say, also saw a few good posts, and then a closer look, are from the "Succulent Encyclopedia", feel that this is quite reliable, so I added attention, every day to see, I also slowly pondered, now a year has passed, the summer only lost a few pots, even if it is my best result in recent years, I'm here today to take stock of my lessons.
First, ventilation. I don't know what others think, but I personally feel that this should come first. Before I put it in the inner balcony to raise, although also open the window, but still not as good as the outside air circulation, and then I made a flower stand outside the south bedroom window sill, not to mention succulent, even the green plants are obviously different. And it is easy to find all kinds of mold without ventilation. The meat has been raised more, and finally it has lived a little longer, so I finally saw the diseases and insect pests. Sort out the dead leaves in time, otherwise cover them underneath, and it is easy to grow shell worms after watering. The most troublesome thing is that I have soot disease, and I can't recover my appearance for a long time after being cured.
This is a blue apple from my soot disease in March 2020
Later I sprayed Azole ether. Pentrazol, for a long time did not see good, I pulled down a lot of black leaves, almost bald.
Only now has it slowly recovered a little.
Xiuyan who has powdery mildew (purchased in February 2020)
Spray the medicine, and pull the leaves, become bald
It has only been like this today, and it is already a fortune teller that is not dead.
2. Water. Before there was no concept of watering, see the surface of the soil dried to unify a meal of irrigation, now know, the surface of the pot looks dry, but in fact, the inside is still very wet, at this time there is actually no shortage of water. Later, I saw that someone on the Internet said that a toothpick was inserted in the soil to identify whether there was a lack of water. This still works well for newbies, look at my bald picture of Xiuyan, there is a toothpick inserted in it. Of course, I don't use this method now, and now I have learned to observe the leaves of flesh and flesh, see the dry leaves of one or two layers below, and then pinch it with my hand, and feel that the leaves are soft before watering. Instead of pouring each pot at a uniform time, with this method, dry watering, not dry watering. (This method is suitable for people like me who have a small amount of meat, and the large households with hundreds of pots of meat are definitely veterans, and they should have another set of watering Dafa.)
Third, the soil. Before the use of the store to send the soil, in fact, a lot of it is a general nutrient soil, which only added a little perlite, this soil will be plated for a long time, and then often look at the succulent plant encyclopedia, know to use granular soil, see a treasure on the ready-made granular soil is too expensive, try to match the soil, the formula is according to the succulent plant encyclopedia on this article "He lives on the soil, with nearly 30,000 pounds of succulent soil every month!" Sedum succulent with soil experience white to you! " to match.
Fourth, rain. It is not that it cannot rain, it is that it cannot rain continuously, and occasionally it rains in spring and autumn, just like fertilizing, succulents will grow very cheerfully. I think it may be because spring and autumn is the succulent growing season, after the rain the succulent will be absorbed, so it will not hurt it, but in the summer and winter there are many meats and meat are dormant, the roots do not absorb water, the consequences of continuous rain may be to suffocate the roots, or meat and meat drink too much water to swell themselves to death, which is most obvious in the fifty lingyu and grapes. The next time you encounter this situation of drinking too much water, you can pull out the meat directly and dry it. I just didn't know what to do at that time, although a pot of fifty Lingyu was blown by a fan for two days after the rain, the result was still dead, and a pot of my colleague was pulled out in time under the same circumstances and saved.
Fifth, lighting. Why put sunlight at the end? Because this is something we can't control, my family lives on the 5th floor, the south window sill in winter can only shine to 2 to 3 hours, the north window sill has no sunlight all day, and now it is the spring and autumn and winter to put the south window sill, and the summer to put the north window sill. Therefore, just go with the flow, those with economic strength can buy fill lights.
Let's take a look at a set of meat and meat change charts, which feel more fulfilling and motivate yourself to continue to move forward.
Zile, bought in February 2020 (saying that last year's Zile was very expensive, this year's price dropped a lot), originally looked good, and it was not enough to see three times a day.
Who knew that the good times were not long, the sky was unpredictable, and one day two months later, a demon wind blew in, fell downstairs, picked up a bunch of broken branches and leaves, and planted sadly. It was miserable until the summer.
Now that it is finally beautiful, the fallen leaves can be placed wherever they are placed, and small buds can emerge, so it is no wonder that the price will fall.
Bear Boy, when I first bought it in 2017, was like this
At that time, I didn't know how to maintain it, I knew that succulents liked the sun, and in the summer, I deliberately took the west-facing window of the office to dry hard, and the result was that the pole was black and rotten, and the leaves fell out. Fortunately, the beheading was cut off in time to re-cut the cuttings, and now the pot is bursting. In the photo, it was taken after one-third of the National Day was given away, otherwise there would be more. I don't have red nails, and I don't know what the problem is?
White Bear, at the end of 2019, the lottery in the live broadcast room, as long as 1 cent, the result was also missed to me, so it was not spared for half a day. Later the seller sent me a courier specifically for this 1 cent succulent, Sweat! As a result, the heart was cold and dry, but it was hard to get, and I had to plant it and try it.
After planting the pot, which had been disobedient, after spending more than 2 months, I finally saw the crumpled leaves bulging, and it was not too much to describe the mood at that time with ecstasy.
Another super popcorn breed, Maruba HimeAkiri, bought in November 2019 is like this.
Now the explosion is almost dense phobia, that is, the leaves and small heads are easy to fall off at a touch, but the fallen head or leaf inserted in the soil has a 100% germination rate.
Swifts, bought in May 2018, have successfully passed the summer in 2018 and 2019
As a result, this summer almost black rot, after being beheaded by me, I tried to raise it with water, and actually came back to life
Planted in a thumb basin after the summer, I have now gained weight.
Let's have some meat that has been successful in summer:
Baby fingers
Grapes, after growing last year, became multi-headed, and the leaf type became short and fat, and finally a little meaty as its name suggests.
Tinker Bell, the leaves are very sensitive to light, the light is strong, the leaves quickly become purple-red, the light is weak, the color is yellow and green intersect, see what color you like on how to dry it.
The sunset is indeed the best to be photographed in the sunset.
The dance of the sunset is more similar to the sunset, not as large as the sunset, and the leaf edges are wrinkled.
Central gold
Cute roses, always green, only a little pink until the autumn, finally felt a little cute.
The giveaway Marcus, the breeding is not as color fairy as when he first arrived.
Orange Monroe bought last year, did not expect that this year will be so hot, autumn turning pots learned to change the soil of whole wheat rice stone, grown so good, but also grew a circle, too good to raise, thus inferred that next year the price will fall.
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Peach eggs, this big pot in addition to spring, most of the time is not powder, distressed ah.
Another pot of small peach eggs, the color pour has always been online.
Chiyoda Nomatsu
Lunalian, who bought her head back-to-back, is now parting ways.
Lina lian + loin egg
Pauliana, frozen to the color of pig's liver.
Ji Xunyue, I saw several people on the encyclopedia that the leaf cuttings are easy, in order to appear full of plant shape, I also picked some leaves from the lower part of the pole and put them on the pot, and the germination rate was almost 100%.
The rouge cloud given by colleagues who like to raise meat like me, pulling a small ball will explode a large piece, super easy to raise.
Platter, by the way, what is the name of the largest tree in the plate? The novice package bought, checked a lot of information, has not known what the name is, the heart is always awkward.
The plum blossom Perdy, which grew freely in the autumn, has now become a head two large.
Halloween Mage, now the leaves are all open, and the color has all faded to green. The flowerpot that planted it was kicked down and broken into several pieces by myself, and the heart was broken along with it, but fortunately, the skillful husband made it sticky and hooped.
The red cover wheel, originally four heads, only three heads of black rot beheading cuttings in the summer, these two days the color became exceptionally beautiful, drunk.
Summer just passed, after the inventory found that this year in the serious study after the good results, so it swelled, opened the pace of buying and buying, and newly purchased some meat, mainly the Dongyun system is more, because my previous varieties are mainly Sedum, I am still in the stage of variety control, there are many favorite but I have not raised varieties want to buy to raise to see, do not try to raise how to know whether it is good or not, I am so encouraging myself in my heart, looking for reasons for my own willfulness. In the autumn, the newly bought meat will not be taken out to dry, although the meat in Yunnan is really beautiful, but after all, it is not raised by itself, there is no sense of achievement, and no matter how ugly it is raised, it looks good, and others forget it once they are beautiful.
As a novice, dare to write so much, the main reason is that there are still many practical problems encountered in the process of raising meat can not be asked, so want to join the encyclopedia family of this group, do not post the group owner does not give ah, only to pluck up enough courage to get the axe, where you say the wrong place, forgive me, more inclusive. Finally, at the end of a picture of a chrysanthemum that blooms this autumn, may everyone's life be as red as the color of this chrysanthemum.
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