What to Expect and How to Plant Your New Succulent Purchase
Did you purchase succulents from Succy Crafts?😁 This guide will show you what to expect when you receive your order and how to plant your new succulents if you purchased any that came bare root. But first I'll write a few helpful tips to care for your succulents.
Lighting considerations
At Succy Crafts we keep our succulents outdoors in bright indirect light in a well air circulated location protected from the rain and frost.
- If you are keeping your succulents indoors: Try your best to keep your succulents by a window to provide them with sufficient light.
- If you are keeping your succulents outdoors: Place your succulents in a location with bright indirect light. Over a period of weeks, introduce your succulents to sunnier areas. This acclimating process is very important. Too much sun too soon will completely burn your succulents to a crisp!!😢 This is why you need to gradually introduce them to the sun. Eventually your succulents will be able to take full sun.
Succulents like: Morning sunlight best! Succulents should get no more than 6 hours of full sun.
Watering your succulents
Indoors: I noticed that the succulents that I keep indoors dry out a lot faster compared to the ones I keep outdoors. This might be because of the heater or air conditioner. Rather than giving sips of water to my succulents here and there, I soak them to the point where water comes out of the bottom of the pot. Make sure to discard the water that collects in your saucers. Succulents do not like to sit in water. After the soaking, I wait until the soil has completely dried before I water my succulent again.
Outdoors: For my succulents that I keep outdoors I water them differently depending on the season. From Spring-Fall I water my succulents every two weeks. Note that some succulents will need to be watered and some will still be moist. I only water the dry ones. Purchasing a moisture meter will help you know which succulents need watering. I highly recommend this tool. In the Winter I will water my succulents once a month. Again, some succulents will need watering, some will not.
It's best to under water your succulents than to over water your succulents. Succulents retain their water inside their leaves. The succulents with chubbier leaves will need less watering, than the succulents with flat leaves. Your succulents will also let you know when they need watering, by showing signs of wrinkled leaves.
Unboxing and planting guide
When you receive your succulent order, it is best to unpack them ASAP! Your succulents have already been in a dark box for a few days😟 so the quicker you get them out, the less stressed they will become.😌 The photo you see below is how a wrapped 2 inch succulent will typically look.
The following photos will show you how to unwrap your succulent.
Using a scissor cut a hole at the bottom of the package.
When you cut the hole use your fingers to gently rip the newspaper off. Try not to squeeze the package.
Once you have unwrapped your succulent, you will notice it is wrapped in tissue. Open the tissue, and there you will see your succulent.
Now, to plant your new succy friend in a pot! My favorite pastime*👩🏻🌾 Notice that I didn't fill my pot all the way to the top. I like to leave a little room for my succulent. I dig a hole in the center in a funnel or cone shape.










16 comments
I have always enjoyed plants, recently this summer I got a few succulents and just fell in love. So then I came across your website and spent weeks looking and researching all of your plants. Needless to say I finally narrowed down to some of my favorites to order. And then I check out and you gave me the option of the mystery pack and well, I couldn’t refuse. Even though I spent weeks getting info on what I knew would work, I get to be suprised. I am so excited and I can’t wait to name each one of my new beauties!!! I can’t wait to show them of! I will definitely be spreading your company name to all my plant-lover friends!
I’m really enjoying reading your site! Learning all I can from you. I have several plain jane plants & you have SO MANY varieties! My next adventure will be propagating from my oh-so-stretched kalanchoe. Keep it up!
I just got my plants and they look great. They are all different and some I have never seen. Thank you for my new hobby.
Received my first order in excellent condition. I was thrilled to get a nice variety of plants. Replanted into larger pots and watered as per instructions. Thank you all for wonderful service. Even got text over holiday about my order not shipping till Monday being I ordered on Thanksgiving day. Very pleased.
Yesterday I ordered my first succulents from Succy Crafts. I forgot the code for my discount and submitted the order without it (by mistake). I emailed Succy Crafts right away and Bryan took care of it for me immediately! I then received a personal email thanking me for the order and he sent me this link on how to properly care for my new succulents. This is the kind of customer service that is missing in so many companies these days. I will tell everyone how wonderful this company is!!! Thanks again, Bryan!