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EP 110 - Do I need to fertilise my succulents?
Last week we discussed soil mixes. We have focused on mechanical qualities of the soil such as its composition and drainage. This episode is a direct continuation of that, this time focusing on the chemical qualities such as soil pH and nutrients.
I have been stressing the point that you shouldn’t just blindly copy what others are doing and instead look into what’s the best for your situation
When it comes to fertilising succulents, there seems to be two camps of opposing opinions - those who fertilise their plants, and those who don’t. It will appear that I fall in the second camp, but depending on how you look at it, I’m somewhere in between.
Succulents do not really need that much nutrients to thrive. In their natural state, they grow in arid, nutrient-poor areas anyway. This is where proponents of the no-fertiliser camp are coming from.
On the other hand, succulents are still living things, and they will appreciate a bit of nutrition. Plants in cultivation obviously have different growing conditions compared to those in the wild. Take the typical domesticated dog for example. We usually give them kibble. We do not give them raw meat, well we can, but that doesn’t come without its set of problems. Anyway the point here is that cultivated plants are no longer exactly like the plants in the wild, so you can’t assume that they have exactly the same needs.
I think the better approach here is to understand how fertilisers work so you can decide whether you need it or not.
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