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Easy Tips on How to Clean Up Succulents

In this post, I share a fun afternoon cleaning up my succulents and making room for more babies!   The video featured in this post will show you how to propagate the ‘lanky’ succulents.  See how I provide a space for the new succulents that grow from leaves that have fallen. Cleaning Up Succulents Video In this video, you will see how I’ve been doing for the past few years to keep my succulents producing.  I have so many succulents today I consider starting my own Botanical Garden ( wouldn’t that be cool???) Watch the video and scroll down to see a few highlights You all know I love YouTube and creating fun videos.  You will find this video and others on my Bren Haas YouTube Channel.  Be sure to click over and subscribe if you are a YouTube Member.  I also do live streams on Facebook so follow me there for more fun gardening tips and tricks. Highlights From The Clean-Up Succulents Video Here are a few tips I don’t want you to miss from the video in this post.  One of the ‘lanky’ succulents is the Blue Pearl Succulent I got this summer.  When this plant is left in the greenhouse all summer in filtered sun it gets really lanky if it isn’t watered. When leaves fall off of the succulents, I like to add them to a succulent table in the dome out of direct sun.  If left alone for the summer they start to grow new plants out of the leaves.  It is really cool… see the photo below! Look close at this image below… it may seem like a pile of scraps but it is the start of another beautiful succulent garden! Don’t Miss These Succulents If you enjoy this post you will love to see more about succulents on the post featured below on my website.  ENJOY! Let’s Connect I would love to hear from you and what you thought of the video featured in this post.  Do you have ‘lanky’ succulents that need some work?   Be sure to remember that you can always bookmark this page on Pinterest.  I love hearing from you so comment on this post and find me on the social media links provided below. Happy Succulent Clean Up,

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jade in ceramic pumpkin planter

Autumn Pumpkin Planter Planting Tips

It is pumpkin season and you know I love to add them to my home decor as much as I love to add them to the gardens.  In this post, I share a cute little ceramic pumpkin container I put together.  Find out the best plants to add to these and how to correctly pot them up. Ceramic Pumpkin Planters After planting up a real pumpkin early in the season I quickly realized I needed an update. The pumpkin used in the succulent design was quickly starting to breakdown after a few short weeks.  The key is to plant the live pumpkin up a few days before it is needed for decorations.  A quick search on Amazon shows there really aren’t too many ceramic pumpkin containers out there that are ideal for plants.  Containers need to have a hole in the bottom for drainage and they also need to be reasonably priced.  When  I spotted these ceramic pumpkins on Amazon I ordered right away.  In this video, I share how I created a cute little pumpkin planter you can give to friends or enjoy in your home.  You will find plant tips further down on this post. https://youtu.be/-fQefC-WQrg If you are a YouTube member I would totally appreciate the support.  Be sure to subscribe to my Bren Haas YouTube Channel.  All the videos I create are on Bren Haas YouTube Channel category here on the website.  Don’t be shy… ask me anything about the topics on these posts. The Ideal Plants for Ceramic Pumpkins Recently I was shopping at Kroger and spotted a display of 1″ container succulents for $1! What a deal…. seriously!  However, the first thing I thought of was how these need to sell fast because frost is coming soon and these succulents in the display would not farewell.  Much to everyone’s surprise, I only brought home 3.  I KNOW RIGHT?!  Honestly, I am in the middle of moving my extensive collection of succulents and cactus indoors for the winter so I really didn’t have the time go shopping much less buy more plants.  Below are 3 plants I highly recommend for this style of ceramic pumpkin plantings. Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana Plant is known to show off a bouquet of flowers for months indoors with little watering or light.  This plant is one of my favorites to use as first for newbies to indoor succulent gardening. Kalanchoe Panda Plant also known as Donkey Ears (Kalanchoe tomentosa).  This is a soft, velvety species from Madagascar. “Tomentose”. It has a fuzzy coat that is to help it survive dry, sunny conditions.  Panda Plant is perfect for indoor gardening because you don’t need to water it until the soil gets completely dry. Jade Plant is one of my favorites to use in this pumpkin ceramic container.  The plant does best surrounded by decorative rocks and goes months with little to no water even indoors.  I used a Crassula Ovata ‘Jade Plant’ in the video demo featured on this page. If you enjoy growing succulents you might like these posts on my site. Let’s Connect Don’t forget to get your Pumpkin Planter from Amazon soon. So what did you think of the cute little pumpkin design? I hope this video and plant information will inspire you to get out and try your hand at gardening indoors with succulents. Happy Pumpkin Planting,

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