Succulents are all the rage these days with their easy care. I kinda call shenanigans on this; I've killed every succulent I've owned.
A friend of mine needed to go to O'Toole's Garden Center to get her sick succulent diagnosed. I decided it might be worth the trip to go, learn a little bit, and make a succulent arrangement for my mother-in-law for this past Mother's Day.
The first thing I learned is that garden centers carry cactus and succulent specific soil, as seen below. It's a combination of pumice, soil, and sand that drains better than your average soil.
First I took my chalkboard container and put rocks in the bottom (since there is no hole, water needs a spot to drain to...
Then it was time to add soil and add the succulents.
Here is how it looked all done, living in our dining room until Mother's Day. The one little succulent shot up compared to when it was purchased. I have no idea if that is supposed to happen or not...
The woman at the garden center gave us a cactus and succulent fact sheet. Apparently, after succulents are watered, it's best to not water them again until the soil is completely drained and dry. This is why her favorite tool for checking water is a chopstick. Once 2/3 of the chopstick under the soil is dry, it's time to re-water. I found that the stick became a bit moldy, so I threw it out. I think if you wait two weeks in between watering, you should be ok. And that's how I've been keeping the succulent in my kitchen alive. 2 tablespoons of water every two weeks.
A friend of mine needed to go to O'Toole's Garden Center to get her sick succulent diagnosed. I decided it might be worth the trip to go, learn a little bit, and make a succulent arrangement for my mother-in-law for this past Mother's Day.
The first thing I learned is that garden centers carry cactus and succulent specific soil, as seen below. It's a combination of pumice, soil, and sand that drains better than your average soil.
The woman at the garden center gave us a cactus and succulent fact sheet. Apparently, after succulents are watered, it's best to not water them again until the soil is completely drained and dry. This is why her favorite tool for checking water is a chopstick. Once 2/3 of the chopstick under the soil is dry, it's time to re-water. I found that the stick became a bit moldy, so I threw it out. I think if you wait two weeks in between watering, you should be ok. And that's how I've been keeping the succulent in my kitchen alive. 2 tablespoons of water every two weeks.
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