Many successions, such as Echeveria, BangAnd Chickens and girlsTheir cute, compact size and floral appearance are known. So when your succulent tall and lanky starts growing and loses that trademark, it looks that when you brought it home, it can be worrying to say at least.
Fortunately, this is a common problem, and a very simple interpretation for the fact why your succulent is growing in such a way (and a simple solution, too).
Here you need to know why your succulent growing and what you can do to fix it.
Teaching growth
When there is a habit of compact growth, it grows and langi, it is called etioled growth, or “leggy”. Etiolation can occur with many different types of successives, but it is particularly evident with rosette-shaped concerts, such as Achevaria or Cemerivam, which is known and collected for their compact size.
What is the reason that has increased?
Suffering sufficient light can become leggi and experience experience. Often, you will see that your plant is literally reaching the nearest light source in an attempt to find the light that it needs.
Etilated growth is a sign that your plant is not growing in the right conditions, and a change needs to be made.
Remember that successes thrive with a lot of sunlight, especially native to desert conditions. While your succulent can look good sitting on your coffee table or next to your bed, the reality is that it should sit on a bright, sunwide window where it should be at least five to six hours of direct sunlight every day every day Receives
If the lack of sunlight is an issue, a developed light can provide the appropriate amounts of the required light. Leave deep areas of your house Low -light plants It will flourish in situations such as ZZ plants, pothos and snake plants.
While laying growth can be triggered by mild wastage, it can also result in a warm temperature and moisture.
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How to fix succulent
Unfortunately, the development will not be reversed. You can change the environment of your plant (such as carrying it closer to a light source) to ensure that the future growth is healthy, but there is no way to fix the loss already done.
Fortunately, until you actively make changes to provide your juicy with conditions that need to move forward, etioled development is mostly a beauty issue. However, if you are increasing the amount of sunlight, be sure to do it slowly-about 30 minutes, slowly add more time-to avoid the leafy of sunlight.
This is being said, if the leggi appearance of your juicy is something that you can’t just live then there is something that you can do: cut it and propagate it. This option often seems scary for those who are not experienced with promoting successulmens, but it is very easy to do.
In addition, when you are finished, you will be left with a healthy looking juicy and (expected) many children’s juicy too.
How to promote a lush one
It is easy to promote a lazy succulent and can be done in a few stages. The best thing about promoting leggie juicy is that almost every part of the plant can be used to grow new plants. This means that your single will take juicy until you can turn into many plants until the time you do.
- Using a pair of sharp, clean -pruning scissors or scissors, cut the top part of your juicy where the growth begins.
- For the best results, leave 1 to 2 inches of lower part of the juicy in the pot with 2 to 3 leaves.
- Take the base plant to a bright, sunny place like Windowsil.
- Take to the top Stem harvestingTrim to the desired height, leave the stem of at least 1 to 2 inch, then gently rotate the leaves with the stem and remove them until they pop off, leaving the top something alone.
- Take the leaves that you removed and laying them in a tray or small vessel on top of a well -flowing soil mixture. Place trays or utensils of leaves at a bright place.
- Fill a small utensil with moist, well -flowing succulent soil and plant the top stem in the soil, push the bare stem down into the soil until the remaining leaves are resting right above the surface.
- Keep cutting a potted stem in a uniform bright place. It should start developing roots within a few weeks from a few days. The base plant should start sending offshoots within 2-3 weeks.
Now you will have three different spreads from your plant – the bottom stem, LeafAnd top stem. Top stem cutting will be the closest to the size of your original plant, until the roots and bottom stems will grow small juicy puppies that will grow and mature over time.
