I want to venture into arrangements now that I'm keeping my succulents alive. Since I live in NYS this is helpful to see one with cold hardy succulents. Love your weekly emails with video links!
This arrangement is so beautiful...thank you for showing how it went together! I would love to see a revisit of a previously assembled garden to get a sense of how you maintain them. I have several mini-gardens and I tend to uproot the whole thing when I go in to clean up detritus and pull babies off for propagation.
You're so gifted Cassidy. Lovely arrangement. I cant grow sempervivums where I live but the principals you teach apply to any succulent arrangement. Thanks for posting.
Smooth pea gravel and polished river rock top dressing helps diffuse the water stream when pouring over underlying dry soil so the water absorbs through the planting medium more evenly instead of running down the sides and out the bottom. On the other hand beware, It allows for the soil to dry more slowly so you need to water less often or you'll overwater and get rot.
Hey Cassidy, need some advice. Is it better to wait till spring? These are summer growers in a GINORMOUS ugly pot. Bought a smaller beautiful pot that I'm dying to use. It will help make space and get rid of an eye sore. What do you think? Thanks for the advice!
It is best to plant succulents during their active growing season, but they can be planted year round indoors. Questions like this are perfect to ask in our Succulent Lovers Club: www.succulentsandsunshine.com/yt-club
Love your videos! I live in Colorado and was wondering how I should prepare the soil to plant cold hardy plants in the ground? Also, what’s the latest in the year that I should plant them? Thanks for your help!
Above you have a link to the Hardy Succulent Tray from Mountain Crest Garden. However, the link does not specify the types of succulents included in this pack. Being from Canada, there is no way for me to order something like this from Mountain Crest Garden, so I will have to purchase it locally. If you could tell me the names of the succulents included, that would help me a lot. Thank you!
The succulents included in the cold hardy trays vary based on what they have available when you purchase, but they are a variety of Sempervivums and Sedums :)
I saw in one of your other videos how you pruned a watch chain succulent. I have a very overgrown sedum like the Angelina you're planting here. Can I prune it the same way? Just cutting it down an inch or so from the soil?
I live in Seattle, WA and I wondering if I can use coconut coir mixed with diatomaceous earth? I'm currently using Cactus soil mixed with perlite. I find that I'm not really liking the perlite. Please help
I think that combo could work. I worry that it will hold too much water still. But the coconut coir is definitely a better option than a peat based mix, and the DE would hold up better than perlite. For my recommendations on soil, check out this post: succulentsandsunshine.com/yt-mainsoil
The coconut coir mixed with large particle diatomaceous earth is also a good option and can be easier to find in a lot of countries throughout the world. Just make sure you are using 1/4 DE not the fine powder. www.succulentsandsunshine.com/faq-items/repotting-with-coconut-coir/
How do you water an arrangement? Im always concerned if I water from the top it will put water spots on the leaves but watering at the rootball is difficult bc you may not be able to get to it or not know how much you've watered.
If you water using the "soak and dry" method, you should be able to avoid any issues. This video will walk you through that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9-yp-JPXENM.html
@@Succulentsandsunshine I have been using that method and have had alot of success. My question is more about getting water spots on tight arrangements. Is it still okay to pour water over your plants or will they get spots slowing taking away that protective film? Or are water spots only from harsh water?
Once the cold has set in I didn't water any of my outdoor succulents (unless we had an especially warm day). Let mother nature take care of them at that point. They go dormant in the winter and don't need the water to survive.
Yes they are cold hardy succulents so it would do fine :) You can read more about succulents that can survive outside in the winter here: www.succulentsandsunshine.com/yt-outsidewinterfaq
Carolyn V Since they are planted close together they won't grow as quickly. But, as they get bigger and put off new growth you can remove the babies or cut back plants that are getting to large.
Yes, that is a problem. You can separate them and start a new arrangement with chicks, leaves or branches. You put the originals or "Momas" into separate pots. Pretty soon you have to build a sun porch or give some away!
