How much do you need to water your succulent plants?

[raccoon]

I brought them in the house a week or so ago. I know they don't need much water, but seems like they probably need it once in a while, particularly with the heat running and drying out the air.

[HopeHoops]

1. Enough to keep them from shriveling too much, but not so much that they get root rot.

The latter will kill them. The former just makes them look a little like prunes for a day or two.

[XemaSab]

2. Are these cactuses, aloe, or jade plants?

Jade plants or aloe: maybe once a month/once every six weeks.

Cactus: maybe once every three months during the winter, and more often during the summer.

[raccoon]

3. I don't really know; they are from Latin AMerica, or so the labels on them said.

They aren't cactuses. Sort of like aloe.

I'll go with your suggestions for jade/aloe. :hi:

[IcyPeas]

4. in L.A. I have mine out on a balcony...

I basically water them once a week (maybe a little less in the "winter") and they seem to do fine. plus they are in breathable porous pots (not plastic or glazed) that makes a difference too.

(they are all succulents)

[REP]

5. You are SO right about clay pots!

I grow orchids (200+) on my Bay Area balcony, and they're all in unglazed clay. Roots like to breathe!

[IcyPeas]

6. orchids!!! pictures, pictures,

we need pictures of your orchids. that's amazing.

you must put a heck of a lot of work into that balcony garden - orchids are not the easiest flower to grow (understatement). must be beautiful to wake up to every day.

:hi: