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How often to water a succulent? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm terrible at telling when it's dry until it's totally parched. I'm new to this and really wanna keep the poor little guy alive. Is there a safe interval I can just set a reminder for? It's a small pot, like I can hold it in one hand.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly it really depends on how much sun they get/how hot it is. Which means it’s different in summer vs winter. Also very different for each species.

If you have thick fleshy succulents you can wait until they start to wrinkle a bit to water. Or you just go by dryness if soil and water when it’s quite dry throughout.

If you have more flatter leaf succulents it’s a bit harder to tell but they generally like more frequent watering because they store less of them in the leaves.

So yeah, no easy answer. Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Right on, it makes sense. Thank you for the reply. I'm also wondering if light is going to be a problem for me as I have no windows that get direct sunlight at any part of the day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is pretty much what I was going to say and covers the basics. The trick is to learn your individual succulents needs through trial and error.

Unfortunately that's harder with the thin leaved ones, but most of those can just be watered more frequently and you'll be fine. I've found some of them even like being watered almost as frequently as normal plants as long as the soil they're in is right.

Just don't forget this if you change their location to a hotter sunnier window and forget to check on them until their "usual" watering time from their last cooler location.. I can say from experience that they don't appreciate it.