Have an Old Birdcage? Like Succulents?

Ck out this person's idea from "All Things Plants". I love the whole thing, how about you?
From: http://allthingsplants.com/thread/view/10692/Succulent-planting/
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  • Jan Jan on Nov 15, 2016
    I want to make this plantings for Christmas presents. How big is the cage have to be and can you add plants after if it doesn't fill out? Thank you
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  • Cyndee Cyndee on Aug 18, 2016
    I will give this a try!! I love my succulents to DEATH by overwatering! Thanks
    • Deborah Deborah on Jun 24, 2022

      LOL THAT IS SO EASY TO DO WHEN YOU FIRST GET STARTED WITH THEM. BUT THEY DO THRIVE IN DROUGHTS AND HOT WEATHER. THE ONLY THING THEY DON’T REALLY LIKE ARE DEEP FREEZES. IN THAT CASE IF THEY ARE IN PLANTERS, EITHER COVER THEM UNTIL THE DANGER OF FROST IS GONE OR PUT THEM IN IN A GARAGE OR SHED OR EVEN BRING THEM INSIDE FOR THE WINTER.

      AS FAR AS WATERING THEM.. LIGHTLY MIST THEM JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE GROUND OR POT WET, THEN LET THEM DRY OUT. IF IT RAINS DO NOT WATER AGAIN UNTIL YOU FEEL THE SOIL IS DRY. I KNOW IT SEEMS ODD TO “NOT WATER” PLANTS CONSTANTLY BUT IN THIS CASE THE RULE OF THUMB IS “LESS IS MORE”!!

      IT TOOK ME THREE TRYS OF PLANTING SUCCULENTS IN MY POND AREA BEFORE I UNDERSTOOD THAT I SHOULDN’T WATER THEM EVERY TIME I WATERED THE REST OF THE PLANTS. ONCE I GOT THAT, I HAD A BEAUTIFUL CARPET GROWING DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE WATERFALL! I RARELY WATERED THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE GETTING LIGHTLY SPLASHED WITH POND WATER. BUT ON BRUTAL HOT DAYS I DID WATER THEM WELL.

      YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD NEVER COME BACK AGAIN WHEN YOU SEE THEIR SHAPE IN THE SPRING, BUT, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY BEGIN TO PLUMP UP AND STAND UP AGAIN.

  • Cindi McGee Cindi McGee on Dec 05, 2016
    Love this!
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