Fertilizer feed your string of pearls plants biweekly during the growing season with a balanced liquid or water soluble fertilizer like a 12 12 12 diluted to about half strength.
String of pearls plant care water.
The leaves actually look a lot like green peas but the long skinny stems the leaves grow from make it look a bit like a pearl necklace.
Propagate for backup string of pearls is easily propagated.
The string of pearls plant is among the easiest curio species to grow but they have some tricky growth requirements indoors too.
The string of pearls plant or senecio rowleyanus and also referred to as a string of beads or string of peas plant is a succulent with stunning strings of round bead like leaves.
Simply snip off a lock measuring roughly 8 pearls long plant 4 pearls down into a small plastic pot with drainage and watch it grow.
Do not water again until the soil is dry.
How to care for a string of pearls plant.
A slight wilt won t harm an established string of pearls plant but extended dryness will cause the bead like foliage to flatten and drop prematurely.
A string of pearls plant can be grown outdoors but it can also do really well indoors with the correct soil watering and light situation.
It grows under bushes and in rock crevices so it naturally prefers partial shade as the succulent leaves will scorch under bright intense sun 3.
From my experience smaller and younger plants need to be watered more than bigger mature plants because mature plants have bigger beads and more water storage capacity.
Not to throw shade at other succulents but the string of pearls senecio rowleyanus succulent is a show stopper.
In winter water only when the soil is nearly dry throughout.
How to grow and care for string of pearls plant.
How to care for string of pearls.
String of pearls does not need to be watered frequently but when you do water thoroughly and give the plant a good drink.
How to take care of string of pearls light and water.
With its overflowing vines and bubbly pearl like leaves it s an eye catcher that looks beautiful trailing across a desk or bookshelf or even hanging in a sunny window where the.
A plant with a distinctive and unusual appearance string of pearls senecio rowleyanus also known as string of beads is bound to be a conversation piece.
Again string of pearls needs good drainage.
Drainage hole make sure your plant pot has a drainage hole so that the roots don t sit in water.
Water whenever the soil surface dries out slightly adding water until it dribbles from the drainage holes at the base of the planter.
