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How and when to fertilize succulents story | Succulents and Sunshine

Learn how and when to fertilize succulents

Just like most plants, succulents will benefit from regular fertilizing. Find out how often you should fertilize and what you should use! 

You need to be careful not to use a fertilizer that is too strong, otherwise the succulents can burn. However, the right fertilizer used every few months can dramatically change how well your succulents thrive. 

Commercial Fertilizers

The idea behind manure tea is great: it's like using compost or manure as fertilizer, but you don't get messy and it doesn't stink. It's a great natural way to fertilize succulents and my succulents loved it! 

Manure Tea Fertilizer

Remove the tea bag from the packaging (but leave the tea bag as is) and then place it in a 5 gallon bucket (or any large bucket you have). 

Preparing manure tea

Fill the bucket nearly to the top with water. Run the water over the tea bag as you fill the bucket. The directions suggest using somewhere between 1 and 5 gallons of water. I used 5 gallons. 

Cover the bucket and let the tea bag sit in the water for a few days. I didn't want to fish the bag out of the water later, so I left the string hanging over the edge of the bucket. 

After 2-3 days (or longer… I accidentally left mine for 4), open up the bucket and remove the tea bag. Now you can begin fertilizing! 

Tap the link below to see full details on how to fertilize succulents.

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