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| Feeling successful! |
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| Yellow bloom on the succulent! |
I have throroughly enjoyed my succulent container garden! I can't tell you how many times I walked past the empty strawberry pot and cursed it because no matter what I'd planted, it died!
On my oriniginal post I thought I had given the soil recipe for this garden, but I didn't. I was probably thinking at the time: It's probably a good idea to wait and see if this thing works!
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| Tons of blooms! |
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| The plants in the openings are secure! |
Succulent Recipe
Most people probably use sand and such for their succulents. Pat and I always use what we have, and we don't have any sand. I think the success for this container was adding a good compost to the mix and wetting the mixture first before planting.
About 50% potting soil and 50% compost.
I added about a handful of vermiculite which helps retain moisture in the mixture and aerates the soil.
Next I moistened the soil in a tub and mixed the ingredients well.
When I potted the succulents, I added soil to the bottom of the first row of openings and packed it lightly. I think one of the tricks to a strawberry pot is making sure the soil doesn't compact after the plants are added. The soil needs to be compacted prior to watering in the plants so it doesn't shift. I think that's how I've lost plants before---they literally fell out of the hole, and I couldn't smash them back in again!
Next I added one plant at a time to each hole while adding more potting soil mix and packing it down. I continued until I reached the top. I still watered everything in, but I didn't have to water much since my soil was moist to begin with.
Pat is so pleased with the result, he says he's going to move my container to a "prominent" spot in the garden to show it off!
That makes me smile!
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