Succulent are thick, fleshy plants, and they have evolved to store water. They can survive arid climates or tough soil conditions. Often, the succulent stores the water in its leaves, giving these succulents their characteristic, and irresistibly cute look. Other succulents may store water in the stems. Other succulents are geophytes, plants having underground organs that store food or other nutrients. Generally speaking, growing succulents indoors is a little bit tricky. However, if you know these easy-to-do tips, you will do better for your indoor collection of succulents. As cute as they are, succulents are not the best indoor house plants. But don't get me wrong here, that doesn't mean you shouldn't grow them.

This blog will teach you exactly how to grow beautiful, healthy succulents indoors.

1. Start With The Right Succulents

Not all succulents flourish when grown indoors. Succulent plants that hate full sun and can tolerate shade or lower lighting make a significant difference in your indoor succulent garden. The types of succulents that have brighter color variations- like purples, oranges, or reds- have generally a worse indoor placement since they often need at least some direct sun to be satisfied and have stronger light intensity compared to those typically experienced in the interior. One can begin by using naturally green succulents.

2. As Much Light As Possible

It can be a bit hard to get your succulents enough sunlight when you keep them indoors. However, outdoors, most succulents need about 6 hours of bright indirect sunlight per day. But indoors, you want to position your succulents by the window, and that will allow them some all-day lighting. If not, then position it near your brightest window or brightest location in your house or workplace. Succulents prefer 50-50 light and shade.

Full sun scalds their leaves, but too little sun makes them leggy and spindly. A rough rule of thumb is that green, yellow, or variegated succulents like more shade, while red, gray, and blue ones, or the ones covered in spikes, like more sun. If they're outdoors, put them in a spot that gets morning sun and afternoon shade. If you are planting succulents indoors, then place them near a south-facing window to get that bright light they require or indoor plant lighting for healthy, thriving plants.

3. Let Them Sleep During Winter

Most succulents go into a dormant state during winter, stop growing, and sleep through the winter to start growing like crazy again come spring and summer. They do not need feeding; water them just enough not to dry out their pots completely, as their dormancy makes them easily susceptible to root rot. Relax, they are good; they will survive over winter, and the leaves, with water and other nutrients, will keep the plants alive until they will awake in spring. If you have an indoor cactus then Indoor Cactus Care is really important for its proper growth.

4. Take Them Outside

Houseplants need a summer vacation too. Give your succulents some time outdoors during spring and summer. Allow them to get rained on because rainwater has oxygen and trace minerals which a plant cannot get through chlorine-laden tap water. They will also have air circulation they cannot receive indoors. Do not subject your indoor succulents to full sun, however, as sudden light can burn their leaves. Sometimes air conditioning is bad for plants so try to take them out in the sun.

5. Inspect Them for Pests

Although succulents are hardy plants, it does not mean they cannot get some tender loving care from you. Regular checking for aphids, spider mites, and mealy bugs that will just make a meal of your precious plants is essential.

The worst that aphids could have been is probably pretty small by comparison, but one suspects they would need very intensive treatment to keep eradication going. Easily and quickly destroyed things. They can be with spider mites and mealy bugs.

6. Keep Them Comfortably Warm

Unlike their cactus cousins, succulents can't take extreme temperatures. Succulents will do great at temperatures that float between 70 and 90 degrees. Bring those plants in a window indoors, or out into the summertime on a shaded porch or under some trees. Freezing temperatures kill succulents, so to most of us, they will be houseplants. If you want to keep them cozy try growing them in terrariums.

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