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Succulents are popular indoor plants. People love to keep the succulents around them. It gives them a sense of positivity when succulents are around. They need minimal care and are very easy to grow. Nowadays people like to keep them in an air-conditioned office or bedroom. So they ask me, can the succulent survive in it?
Let’s quickly learn: Can Succulents survive in an air-conditioned room?
Yes, succulents thrive in an air-conditioned room until the temperature doesn’t drop below 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees F). Also, you must give them sufficient light when they are kept in an AC room. This will ensure the healthy growth of succulents.
Succulents are desert plants that are used to thrive in extreme conditions. One of my friends had a succulent in his AC bedroom, he was adamant about not moving it to the outdoor.
So I told him to consider giving the succulent good light and water it correctly. Now it’s been a year, and the succulent is healthy and blooming green.
How do you survive succulents in an air-conditioned room?
Now let’s get to know in detail about it. When you consider keeping the succulent in an air-conditioned environment whether it is an office, bedroom, or anywhere. There are a few things to take care of.
By giving them Light
Succulents are sun-loving plants. They need direct or partial sunlight throughout the day. So when they are kept in an air-conditioned room, keep them near the window where they can get light throughout the day. Also, make sure to rotate the plant after every two days.
This will avoid any stress and excess growth in succulents due to light exposed parts. If you live in a region, where it is impossible to get sunlight. Then keep the plants under the normal LED lights or grow lights.
If you don’t want to spend a lot of money on grow lights. Then consider keeping them under LED lights, this also works fine. The main purpose here is to give the succulents any kind of light source for at least six hours daily.
By maintaining healthy Temperature
The most important factor for succulents to survive in an air-conditioned room is the temperature. If you are keeping the room temperature too low, then there are high chances that the plant won’t survive.
So you must keep the AC temperature now below 50 degrees F. Succulents are desert plants and they cannot survive the freezing temperature.
Although there are a few succulents that can thrive in such cold, those succulents are called cold hardy succulents. If you are keeping any of those succulents in AC then you can drop the temperature.
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While watering succulents use the soak and dry method. This is the best way to understand the watering needs of succulents when kept in an air-conditioned room. In this method water the plants only when the soil is completely dry.
Check the soil by dipping the finger in it, if there is no moisture then water it. Repeat the process before watering next time. Succulents are the type of plants that do well when they are watered less.
They can go weeks without water as they have the ability to retain water in their leaves. But when they are kept in an AC room, you must have a good watering schedule.
By having healthy Humidity
Succulents need humidity for their healthy growth. Therefore, you can keep the humidity level around 40% of the room. But in our scenario we are keeping the plant in air conditioned room, so the humidity around the succulents will be low.
So to keep the succulents humid you must place them under the lights or near windows. You should avoid keeping the succulents near the AC vents.
Direct cold air on the succulents can harm their health, and they may not able to thrive in it. So maintain the healthy humidity in a room.
Best succulents for an air conditioned room?
There are a few succulents that can survie in an AC offices or bedrooms.
Haworthia
Aloe
Kalanchoe
Echeveria
Sempervivum
These species of succulents can thrive in a low light conditions. They can be best suited for air-conditioned rooms too. These are also very low maintaiance succulents so consider keeping them in it.
Can I use the water from my AC to water my plants?
Yes, it is totally safe to use the AC water for watering the plants. The water which comes out of your AC is just the condensate water. Which you can consider using for watering your plants. Many people make most use of it by collecting this water.
Place the bucket at the AC drainage and collect the water. This can be helpful, if you live in a region where you has draught situation. This can be a useful technique to save the water.
Where is the best place to put succulents?
The best place according to me is to keep succulents near the window. When succulents are kept near the window, they get good amount of partial sunlight througout the day. Also, they get ventilation and air-flow near window.
It also keeps the plant’s surroundings humid. It reduces efforts of maintaining the plant. Now you do not have look after succulents daily and you can work peacfully. Although you should inspect them every week to check their health status.
Do succulents like cold air?
Succulents are desert plants, they have habit of surviving in drastic temperature shifts during day and night. When they are kept in an air-conditioned room, they should be kept away from the cold air.
Consider placing succulents in such a way where it cannot get direct cold air. Although there are a few frost tolerant succulents which can thrive in freezing cold. Such succulents can be best suited for air-conditioned spaces.
Final Thoughts!!
Succulents in an AC room are easy to survive. You just need to take care of a few things as mentioned in the article. The most important factor for succulent’s survival is light and temperature. Keep them intact and you are good to grow.
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