Succulent Care and Education
Sidebar: Explore the different topics, plant index, and learn about different places to shop for succulents.
Sucs Talk: The blog section and main page (you are here), featuring articles and videos on succulent care and projects.
The Succulent Manual: Become more confident about understand your plants' needs based on where you're growing them. Available in eBook format and an interactive online web manual.
Care Guide: Basic care tips including my DIY fast-draining soil recipe.
Shop: Looking for good drainage materials? I got you! Need 1-on-1 help? I'm here for you! I also sell plants and other garden items on occasion and list them in the shop.
Supplies: Tools of the trade, products I love and/or can’t do without.
Get Help: Learn the different ways to get help and up your succulent game.
It’s ready! Introducing ‘The Succulent Manual: A guide to care and repair for all climates.’ Become a member of the most thorough and easy to navigate interactive website on succulent care and upkeep around!
Head over to The Succulent Manual to get started. Read on and watch this video to learn more about the manual and how to use it.
Continue reading “Intro to The Succulent Manual: A guide to care and repair for all climates”
In this video you’ll learn about finding the right light for succulents…
Continue reading “The Right Light for Succulents: Outside, indoors, sunlight, and grow lights”
Watch a demo on how to drill a pretty wood branch and pot it up with succulents! You can use this no-glue method to plant succulents in other objects too.
Continue reading “DIY Wood Succulent Planter- Drill and Fill Demo”
Get to know what Scale bugs look like and how to rid your cactus of these pests. Also see how to check your roots for health. The featured cactus is a Notocactus uebelmannianus, one of my favorite favorites! Lots of macro shots and close ups to get you familiar with this common succulent and cacti pest. Continue reading “How to Treat a Cactus for Scale”
Dividing and separating various offsets and new growth on several types of succulents, plus an update on the Echeveria subsessilis I topped back in the February video on repairing stretched and damaged succulents.
Continue reading “How to separate and divide succulent offsets and stem babies… round 2!”
In this video we go over the basic but most important requirements succulents need including light, soil, the best containers to use, how to know when to water, and a few other essential tips to keeping your plants happy and multiplying.
Continue reading “Succulents 101- A Care Primer for Beginners”
Lithops 101 – A crash course in: Lithops care needs, growing cycles, and why you need to know them BOTH to keep them alive.
Lithops potting mix now available in the shop!
Continue reading “Lithops 101 – What you need to know to keep them alive”
Unboxings are fun and I’m in L.O.V.E. with these beautiful specimens from Fairyblooms ( fairyblooms.com ) via plant-mail!
Continue reading “21 Beautiful and Weird Succulents You Need- a double unboxing!”
I’ve wanted to make a visual map of where my fellow succulent lovers are located for a long time. Knowing where someone is located is essential to forming good care advice and it’s the first question I ask anyone who reaches out for help.