FIVE SUCCULENT CARE TIPS

For those of you who planted a seed during 1000roots, your work is not over! Worry not; succulents are pretty low maintenance, but follow our five steps to keeping your plant happy, healthy and hydrated.

1. Choose a comfortable home

• Succulents can thrive inside or outside, however… in London, beware of frost!
• If you have a garden, we’d recommend keeping it outside during the summer but bring it inside over the winter
• Succulents have a chance of survival if they’re dry before a cold snap

 2. Water more, less often

• Succulents like to have their soil soaked and dried out before watering again
• So, soak the soil then let it dry out completely
• Don’t use a spray bottle for watering! We suggest using a small watering can
• Water your succulent once a week in the summer, less frequently in the winter

3. Treat them to lots of sunlight – but not too much

• If your plant is inside, put it somewhere it can receive bright light during the day
• About six hours of sunlight a day is ideal
• Your succulent can get sunburnt (brown/black spots on the leaves) so move them if the sunlight is too direct
• Your succulent may start ‘stretching’ if they do not receive enough sunlight (gets really tall with lots of space between leaves) – if this happens, find a sunnier spot!

4. Replant every year… if you can

• This will help your plant to keep as healthy as possible
• When you remove the succulent from the pot, carefully clear away the old soil from the roots
• Replant in larger pot and place the pot in fresh succulent soil
• Allow the plant to rest out of direct sunlight for a week or two before watering it

 5. Grow more succulents!

• Pluck a stem from your succulent, let it dry out in the shade for at least three days
• Place the new stem on top of succulent soil
• After a few weeks you will see little pink roots sprouting from the end of the leaves!

 Good luck!

We’d love to see your progress, so share your succulent snaps with us using #1000roots on Twitter.