#String of spades care how to

Too much water can result in root rot, which can be devastating for plants if not caught early. Like all succulent plants, it is crucial that you don’t overwater it. When growing indoors, it’s important that they get a lot of light, but you generally won’t want to put them directly on a windowsill as the sun can be too harsh and nobody likes the sad feeling of knowing you sunburnt your plants! Photo by Severin Candrian on Unsplash Watering They do best in a shaded area that gets a lot of natural light – in the summer months, I keep my succulents on my patio table on a deck that faces North where they are covered with an umbrella to provide shade. Try to avoid direct sun as this will scorch the leaves on your plant. String of Heart plants need bright but indirect sunlight. This will help provide some drainage for the soil. If you do not have cactus potting soil, you can mix in equal parts sand with regular potting mix. What Soil to Use for String of Hearts?Īs a succulent, String of Hearts will grow well in any kind of succulent and cactus potting soil. Every plant has different needs, but all of them are looking for 3 things: sunlight, water, and the right kind of soil. Like all houseplants, how well they will grow for you all depends on the environment you are able to give it.

#String of spades care how to

🙂 Let’s get back to how to care for the String of Hearts plant! How to Care for String of Heart Plants With all this talk of hearts and spades, does anybody else feel like playing cards right now? Just teasing. String of Spades is a variety of Ceropegia woodii that is “Heartless” – the leaves have more of the shape of a spade, hence why it is called the String of Spades.

String of Hearts Silver Glory has silvery green leaves and a notably different leaf shape – they are almost like a reverse heart, with the bottom of the heart growing from the stem of the plant.