How To Take Care Succulent Cactus. If the soil is dry you should add enough water so that the soil is saturated but do not overfill the pot. Pick desert plant soil or blend gardening soil with sand pumice or perlite.
Soak up some indirect Sun. If the soil is dry you should add enough water so that the soil is saturated but do not overfill the pot. The first step is to plant your new cactus or succulent from a temporary bag into a pot.
However you should not use too large pots.
Cacti and succulents thrive in containers and because most are slow growing they do not need to be repotted very often. Make sure it is low-nitrogen and water-soluble. Succulents need soil that channels so standard gardening soilor earth from your yardwont do. As with succulents and desert cacti forest cactus should not be.