All the nuances of competent cultivation of magnificent echeveria mix

Echeveria is a common herbaceous plant that belongs to hardy succulents. About 150 varieties of this plant are known, and many of its varieties have beautiful flowering and are actively grown as a spectacular indoor flower.

Representatives of the genus Echeveria are stunted short-stemmed or with a short stem succulents. In room culture, the length of the stem is directly related to the illumination of the room. The less light, the longer the stem and flower of the echeveria acquires ampelous forms. These are herbaceous echeveria plants (rarely shrubs) with densely arranged fleshy leaves forming a rosette. The size of the sheet varies from 3 to 25 cm in length and from 1 to 15 cm in width.

Plant features

From some types and varieties of echeveria, you can recreate an amazing mix. It is best to form a mix of several varieties of flower, which differ in the shape of the outlet, the size and color of the leaves, while collected in one florarium, or capacity. Small echeveria is best combined as a mix of varieties in succulent compositions, and large representatives need to be planted alone.

When growing several varieties of these plants together, it is desirable to leave a sufficiently large distance between them. This is necessary so that in the future they do not interfere with each other and do not force to make permanent transplants. To mask the gaps between plants, pebbles, cones, and tree bark can be decomposed.

To simplify the irrigation of the mix of varieties of Echeveria, a large stone should be placed in the middle of the florarium, and then water can be poured directly onto this stone. In this case, it is possible to prevent erosion of the soil.

Before planting several varieties together, you first need to find out what varieties of echeveria can be planted together in order to know how each plant will develop (up or in breadth), how much space it will need over time. Such mixes need to be created in opaque pots. You do not need to plant plants very deep in the ground, and the dishes should be chosen flat and created, playing with the colors of the echeveries.

You should take care of plant varieties that are planted together, prune them in time, this contributes to bushiness. You can remove some plants and plant others.

Echeveria Agave - a plant with very fleshy leaf blades. The stem is dense, short, has a large rosette of leaves on it. This is one of the most popular varieties of echeveria, which can be grown together with its other varieties.

The popular Taurus variety is completely purple, Romeo is a red-orange echeveria, has many shades. These two varieties get along well and will look together in one container.

Florarium can be created from several varieties of these succulents at home as follows:

• arrange several large varieties, plant small ones in small groups or in bulk;
• alternating varieties of echeveria with large stones, recreating the natural landscape;
• draw pebbles, divide into zones with colored pebbles.

How to care at home?

Temperature

In the spring and summer, echeveria can withstand a fairly high temperature, but about 22-27 ° C is best suited for them. In winter, they can adapt to 18-20 ° C, but the most suitable indicator is about 8 ° C.

From mid-autumn, the plant goes into hibernation, which lasts until the end of winter. For this to happen, the room must be cold (8-10 ° C). But it's important not to overdo it: at a temperature below 6 ° C the plant will die.

Watering

In the spring and summer, Echeveria is watered sparingly. Between watering, an earthen lump should dry to the bottom of the pot. They can not stand excessive moisture.

In extreme heat, Echeveria can wrinkle leaves - this means that the plant should be watered.

In autumn and winter, plants should be irrigated very rarely, especially when wintering in cool conditions. In the spring-summer period they need to be watered moderately enough, since echeveria is difficult to tolerate excess moisture. Between watering, the soil should dry well to the bottom of the tank.

A signal for watering is the wilting of the leaves. Watering should be well-defended water at room temperature. When watering, you need to watch so that the water does not get on the rosettes of the leaves, otherwise the plant may rot, and in bright light, burns may appear on them. Bottom irrigation can be used.

Shine

You need to grow succulents on the windowsills, which are directed to the south side. In the warm season, it is best to keep the plant outdoorsand he won’t need a shadow.

In the case of the purchase of this flower, it must gradually be accustomed to the abundance of bright rays. If you immediately put it on a light windowsill, then the leaves may become covered with burns.

No need to remove the echeveria from the light window sill during the rest period, since at this time her requirements for the amount of sunlight remain the same.

Pruning

Due to the active growth of echeveria, it is necessary to constantly trim. It is possible to completely cut off the entire top of the plant, while leaving only a barely visible shoot 3-4 cm high above the ground. This is necessary to rejuvenate the flower and the appearance of new shoots.

Also you can carefully break off all the cuttings and leave only a small outlet, and cut the rest of the trunk, leaving 2 cm. This section should be treated with activated carbon and left to dry for a week in a container, after which the outlet can be planted in the soil for succulents.

The nuances of transplanting a flower into a permanent pot

After acquiring the succulent, you need to instantly transplant it into a constant container with suitable soil, because the store substrate is often unsuitable for long-term cultivation of this flower.

Soil in pots should pass water very well, and pebbles should be laid on the bottom of the tank and mixed evenly with the ground. It can be broken brick or gravel about 4-6 mm in size. Sand and vermiculite do not fit at all, sand has too small particles, and vermiculite retains moisture. You can use the ground for cacti or succulents and add stones there.

Determining if the echeveria earthen mixture is suitable is easy. You need to squeeze a handful of the substrate in your hand and see what happened - if the soil has turned into a lump, then it is too heavy for the plant, and if it has crumbled, then it fits perfectly.

Since echeveria has a rather weak surface root system, it needs to be planted in a shallow and wide pot with a drainage hole in the bottom. The diameter of the container should be 1-1.5 cm larger than the diameter of the sheet outlet.

You can plant a flower not in open ground, but in florariums:

1. To create it, it is necessary to pour a drainage layer (small pebbles in half with charcoal) into a glass container, and place a soil layer for these plants on top.
2. Using tweezers and a wooden peg, plant several bushes and carefully pour them from a small watering can with a narrow nose.
3. Then you need to fill up empty places with decorative pebbles.
4. And further care for such a florarium consists of regular watering.

We suggest watching a video on how to properly transplant echeveria into a permanent pot:

Breeding

Seeds

Seeds should be started to sow at the end of winter in a sand-peat mixture in a ratio of 1: 1 and cover with a film. The temperature is around + 20-22 ° C.

The plants must be constantly ventilated and sprayed. Seedlings emerge after about two weeks, then they are transferred to small containers with a mixture of sheet soil and sand in a ratio of 2: 1. When rosettes grow up to 3 cm in diameter, echeveria should be transplanted into suitable-sized dishes with a substrate for adult species.

Leaf

1. When propagating by leaflets, it is necessary to break off the largest lower leaves from echeveria and leave them to dry for several hours.
2. Then it is necessary to lay in the container an independently made mixture of coarse sand and earth in a ratio of 2: 1, and add 2-3 mm of clean sand to the top.
3. Leaves should be carefully pressed into the soil with a crowbar so that they are slightly inclined.
4. Then you need to spray and cover with a plastic bag. This pot with planted leaves needs to be constantly moistened and the shelter aired. The temperature is around +25 ° C.
5. After 2-3 weeks, small rosettes grow at the base of the leaves.
6. After drying the uterine leaf, small echeveria should be seated in separate containers.

We suggest watching a video on how to propagate echeveria using a leaf:

Tops

Top propagation is very similar to rosette propagation technology:

1. The tops need to be carefully cut and a little dry the place of cut. Cut points should dry for about 10 hours. They need to be sprinkled with chopped charcoal.
2. Then it is necessary to root the tops in a sand-compost or sand substrate for rooting, and then plant it in separate pots.
3. The plant can take root in a week, and bloom in a couple of years.

Rosettes

1. When reproducing whole rosettes, carefully cut off the root or apical rosette and remove 3-4 lower leaves. And then leave it to fade in the shade for 3-4 hours.
2. You should independently prepare a mixture of earth and coarse sand in a ratio of 1: 1 and fill it with a small container.
3. You need to plant the outlet in the soil and moisten a little.The temperature is around + 22-24 ° C. It is important to constantly water the plant.
4. After a month, the outlet will begin to grow, and after another month and a half it can be transplanted into a constant capacity.

Diseases briefly

• Gray rot occurs due to excessive irrigation of the flower and can lead to rotting of the root system and leaves. To overcome this disease, it is necessary to reduce the amount of water when watering.
• Root worm Appears when buying soil or when preparing the soil yourself. To prevent this disease, when planting echeveria, you need to steam the land prepared for the procedure in the oven.
• Powdery mildew occurs with constant and strong watering. You just need to start properly watering the plant and not overdo it with the amount of moisture received in the flower container.

Echeveria is a non-capricious succulent that can easily be grown at home. He lives for a long time until 15-18 years in a favorable environment. But the plant needs to be properly watered, pruned, transplanted, and monitored for temperature and light levels.

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