Can Succulents Die From Underwatering
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- Underwatering is not something many would consider a problem for succulents. But even these drought tolerant plants need a good drink every now and then and can indeed die when severely underwatered.
People are often scared to water succulents regularly due to their reputation of rotting.
However there are times when succulents will need more water than you'd think is needed. During heatwaves and dry spells the soil/ potting mix can dry extremely fast starving succulents of water. For some succulents this could be a death sentence.
In this video we'll have a look at what underwatered succulents look like, when they can die from underwatering, how they become underwatered and lastly, how to strike a balance.
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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
00:50 What underwatered succulents look like
02:31 When can succulents die
04:07 How succulents become underwatered
05:54 How to prevent underwatering and overwatering
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Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing succulents lovely garden collection
Thank you 💚
Very nice, informative but easily understandable video as usual. ❤
Thank you- your kind comments is very much appreciated 💚
Thanks again for this video! 😊
I personally find it complicated to well compensate pretty high temperatures in the hot season by more frequent watering. In particular when the plant already went into a kind of summer dormancy (not even talking about Aeoniums, Lithops etc.). Struggle to know whether to increase (plant is thirsty) or to rather let the plant a little alone and wait for cooler times (dormancy-like) - some seem to rot easily when you water much during this period...
Yes, it can be really tricky. We too get bad heatwaves and i used to be really scared i'll do more harm than good watering often. I usually look for signs and if they start shrivelling/going a bit droopy i give them water, even the Aeonium and all the summer dormant plants.. I guess everyone will have their technique that works for them, based on what their succulents are doing 🙂
Your plants always have nicely developed roots. I often find my plants growing too small roots and don't know how to help them growing healty roots.
Thank you. They do grow good roots and i think it's down to 3 things. The potting mix blend i get is really good, the climate here in Oz is favourable (pretty much grow 10 out of the 12 mnths) and i never starve them out of water for too long. I don't do anything extra like give them growth hormones or even more fertilizer than what's already in the potting mix and grow most outdoors.. I think if you're in Europe and get the full blown winter with snow it can be more difficult no matter what you do..
I actually live in southern coastside of Sicily where temperatures rarely drop below 8°C. We have Mediterannean climate which is excellent for succulents to be grown outdoors. What I experience is that plants go dormant ever summer season from mid June until mid September due to the heat. My area is the recorder of high temperatures in Europe. In summer 2022 we even had 49°C, which is the highest ever recorded temperature in Europe. My plants probably have summer heat issue. The ones in big pots grow huge roots, but the ones in smaller pots really strugle, probably they get dry too quickly. I am working on my small greenhouse construction to protect them from sun in summer and from rain in spring. Probably they will be much happier afterwards.
I am sorry your nursery is too far away to me, so I cannot come to visit. I am not fun of long flights and farest I have ever travelled is India. I haven't paid a visit to Australia yet simply because it takes in total about 24 hours one way of flying.@@SucculentGrowingTips
You have a climate very similar to ours 😀Yeah, they definitely don't like it when it's way too hot and you're absolutely right- the ones in small pots dry out so fast. It's tough when temperatures get that high. I try and keep them a bit more sheltered from the sun and double up the shadecloth from 30% to 60% during those super hot days- they seem to cope a bit better.
Best of luck with getting the greenhouse up- i think it will definitely help your smaller plants
Ahaha, yes long haul flights are no fun for me either. I also always catch a bug on the plane and get sick for the rest of the holiday 😅🙄
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Nice ❤
Thank you 💚
I over water lol under water lol😊can’t win 😊thanks for sharing
😂 I knooooww, plants can be a pain the backside 🤣
Im a bit scared to EVEN WATER IT😭
I know- it can be difficult to find a balance. I guess if what you do now works well for your succulents than continue with that 🙂💚
Is water therapy good for a succulent crown to root after it callous to get the roots growing in order to prevent dehydration.
I would just do that if the plant is already close to dying. The plant should be full of water when you cut it, then a shaded spot without sunlight should be enough to prevent dehydration. If the weather is very hot and/or very dry, you can also get the cutting indoors. Just put it outside again when it starts to root :)
It's kind of you to share your ideas thank you!
I would however like to mention this echveria desmetiana that I have has thinner leaves and only the crown with a healthy small stem with no roots present however, it's losing its bottom leaves day by day.
I was hence wondering if water therapy would work on crowns with no roots to force roots out?
Sorry if I've given you a headache 😅 already.
To be entirely honest- i don't know 😅 I don't do water therapy at all (it wouldn't work with propagating 1000's of plants) and just do all propagations including crowns, any cuttings or leaf in potting mix which works well for me personally. I am doing an experiment though where i've put the exact same cuttings in potting mix, water and air to see which method is fastest. Waiting on results now 🙂
It would be maddening and a big waste to do it for the multitude of succulents and most of all time is everything.⌚
I appreciate your honesty and thank you Kat for your valuable reply, much appreciated 🙏🌸
Why not natural voice? Better for viewers. Information is good, any way.