5 reasons to start a home succulents

1. Are you sure you will find your succulent

Just imagine: one name combines a whole bunch of very different plants. The only thing they have in common - the ability for a while without water.

The best-known succulents - a cactuses. You can choose classic or Rebutia Echinocactus, tefrokaktus artikulyatus with "paper" the thorns, furry espostoa or other type.

Not inferior to them in popularity and Crassula. Some species of this plant is even called the money tree for a coin like leaves.

Another popular succulent, which is surprising for its variety of species - Kalanchoe.

Other unusual succulents representatives - Lithops. They are also called living stones.

They're small, but they look quite impressive, especially in the compositions.

2. You will be able to admire the flowering

Some succulents differ remarkably beautiful flowers. For example, simple to maintain and miniature cacti Mammillaria. The color range is diverse and depends on the type.

Large single flowers faucaria reach 5 centimeters in diameter. Expressive and leaves with thin protrusions that resemble a predatory grin.

Beautiful blooms and aeonium. And its leaves, which are collected in the socket on the top of the shoots, do not look less impressive than the flowers.

3. You will easily find a place for succulent

For a miniature cactus in a pot you can use any window sill or desk, the main thing - that there was enough light. Best of all pets prickly feeling on the eastern, western and southern windows. A lack of light, they are drawn.

Kalanchoe, Crassula, aloes, sedum, Echeveria, too, prefer bright light. Put their best on window sills or shelves and shelves next to the windows.

And here sansevieriya It feels comfortable even with a light shade.

It can be put near the window or in the back of the room. But a strong shading to plants undesirable. Because of this, the leaves eventually lose their color, but when you change sansevieriya place gradually restored. Also in the shadow of undesirable bet types with bright stripes on the leaves - they can pobloknut.

4. You probably will cope with the departure

All succulents have one thing in common: retain moisture in their leaves and stems. So they can easily tolerate drought in nature. This means that home and they do not need daily water treatments. Such green pets can safely leave unattended for several days. They do not wither and die.

But absolutely no moisture is also not enough. Schedule must be selected individually for each plant. For example, cacti in the summer to autumn watering about once a week. The hot weather is better to reduce the interval, and in bad weather - to increase. The plant, which is winter in the cool, can not be watered. At normal room temperature from February to March poite prickly pet every couple of weeks or a little less.

There is one general rule.

Water the succulents only filtered, boiled, or supernatant water a day or two.

Its temperature should be a few degrees above ambient, hot or too cold harm root system.

Pour water into the tray from above or in a pot. On the plants themselves try not to fall. Remove excess moisture from the tray. Let the ground dry out between waterings, and do not create a swamp. Excess water succulents dangerous than failing.

5. You'll feel better

Succulents are not only beautiful, but also very useful plant. they clean air. Studies have shownA study of interior landscape plants for indoor air pollution abatement, Sansevieriya and Aloe Vera an excellent job with this task. They are able to remove up to 87% of volatile organic compounds, such as benzene and formaldehyde. A cactus, even at night give off oxygen as opposed to most other plants. So that they are perfectly suited for the bedroom.

And another bonus for lovers of succulent plants. scientists have found outHealth and well-being benefits of plantsThat the presence of plants in a room or on the desktop makes people closer and helps to concentrate. A still green pets reduce stress levels, and we become happier.