A good fertilizer is essential to ensure succulents thrive. Although they will eat leaves in spring and summer, they can do the most damage to plant roots during fall and winter. Commercial soil mixes for succulents are recommended to be used if the plants are being planted in a pot. This will ensure that they remain happy and dry. You should be on the lookout for scale insects, mealybugs and root mealybugs. The root mealybugs and vine weevils are even harder to notice. Sempervivums come with many colors and different shapes of their leaves.

This is a controversial topic for succulent lovers, but the best place to plant succulents is the one that suits your particular situation. Succulents are generally resilient. Being unable to care for your beloved plants can cause you great distress. I also like using very tiny plants grown from cuttings, often leaf cuttings because they are very slow growers at first and will stay tiny for a long time. Others will not bloom if they are not in the right light conditions. This method requires soil, water, and enough light.

Check out this article for more tips about succulent care! After the soil is completely dry, you can water as usual. As a rule of thumb, your succulent soil should be dried within one to 1.5 days. My Aeonium arboreum "Zwartkop" (Black Rose) gets a nice drink, and then they are left alone until the next watering. If you have any issues, feel free to leave a message. Some gardeners find that cuttings can't be transferred to the soil if left in water for too long. It may require a bit of trial and error before you achieve success, but with a little patience, it can be done.