Keep those chubbies alive! Is your garden set to handle the excess? It can be death to succulents to overwater them, yet under certain circumstances, they can handle much more than they need.
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On my site you'll find info on preparing your succulents for winter storms and how to check to make sure they’re OK afterwards: https://debraleebaldwin.com/winter-care/succulents-rain-hail-frost/ For the related video, go to: https://youtu.be/Bn2yMHp7Vjc
How did your succulents come through the rainstorms?
Good day dear Debra! 😃Thank youuu for the new upload! It's refreshing to see another upload that is intended for beginners in cultivating succulents hihi 🥰🤗💕
God bless and stay healthy always 💗
The wind was much more damaging than the rain. But, even with good drainage I'm sure a number of cactus are going to split from taking up too much water.
Very nice succulent garden and collection, roof water drainage makes it very beautiful
This is very interesting, thanks for sharing. Another point to consider is that these plants will never experience standing water, where mold can grow and rot the roots. Any water they receive will flow away downhill, instead of pooling up where the plants are growing. The pottery chards buried in the soil will help retain moisture that the plants can use over the long term, also without leaving any standing water. That sounds like an ideal environment for succulents to thrive, and it sure looks like they are!
Yes we are fortunate to live in the land of milk and honey- your yard looks awesome.
I had the exact same situation with our gutter. The Aloe Cameronii under “Niagara Falls” had no problem with all the rain. For that matter neither did any other succulents. Thank heavens for proper soil and temps that didn’t go below 32. We are in SF Bay Area zone 9b.