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A greenhouse expert told me I was overwatering my succulents every single time
She said to only water when the leaves start wrinkling, so I switched from my usual Tuesday routine to waiting for visible thirst signs and my echeverias finally stopped rotting has anyone else had to unlearn basic plant care like that?
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the_angela28d ago
Wait, did you hear about that study where they found succulents actually store water in their leaves specifically to survive droughts? That totally changed how I saw it. I used to water my jade plant every Sunday without fail, just like my grandma did with her African violets. But then I read that succulents evolved to go weeks between rains, and now I wait until the leaves feel like soft marshmallows before giving them a drink. My string of pearls actually stopped dropping leaves after I stopped drenching them on a schedule. It's wild how we have to unlearn everything we thought we knew about keeping plants alive.
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