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title: "Hey all!!! Just curious about how moist to keep my succulents soil, I…"
description: "Hey all!!! Just curious about how moist to keep my succulents soil, I live in San Diego, so the temperature never really changes and rain is a sometimes…"
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author: "Goober2019"
published: "2024-06-21T12:38:35.028723Z"
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# Hey all!!! Just curious about how moist to keep my succulents soil, I…

_Posted by Goober2019 on 2024-06-21_

Hey all!!! Just curious about how moist to keep my succulents soil, I live in San Diego, so the temperature never really changes and rain is a sometimes occurrence. My succulents are straight from the San Diego Botanic Garden and when I bought them at the Garden, they were moist but once I potted them together the soil dried cause of all of them feeding from the same pot. Is there a trick to knowing when to water and how much!?

## 5 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-06-21

I never put different varieties in the same pot — I find it never works out long term since they all have different needs. In SD so many of your outdoor plants are succulents \& cacti so you can just put them outside and let them liiiive, they’ll thrive 😊

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-06-21

They like water sparingly. They store it in the leaves so you want to wait until the soil dries alllll the way out before watering.

#### Goober2019 replied on 2024-06-21

Perfect thank you so much! The rest I have unmixed but this one is specifically like a memorium/centerpiece so I have been keeping my eye on them. 💙 thank you so much for the answer I was worried about them hehehe.

### RuR.Feywilde commented on 2024-06-21

A green thumb friend told me “let it dry out all the way, then drown him until there are no air bubbles.”

#### eatyacarbs replied on 2024-06-21

yeah! water thoroughly but infrequently

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