How Often Should I Feed My Echeveria Lola?

How Often Should I Feed My Echeveria Lola?

Echeveria Lola is a slow-growing plant that only requires fertilizer every 1-2 months throughout the growing season. It’s quite alright if you don’t want to fertilize! Just make sure you don’t fertilize more than twice in one growth season. When feeding your Echeveria Lola, make sure not to feed it too much.

Brushing, spraying, drenching, or using other sprinklers will cause your plant’s leaves to become mushy and limp. Fertilizing is recommended for this succulent as it will make its stems grow longer and thicker. You can use a liquid seaweed supplement or a liquid fertilizer that contains the same elements found in seaweed.

You should feed your Echeveria Lola when the top inch or so of the soil is dry to the touch. Echeveria Lola does not need to be watered after you’ve given it food, so it’s important not to over-water your plant. You should avoid fertilizing in November and December because this can cause extra water retention in the soil that can cause root rot.

You may want to use a liquid fertilizer if you are uncertain about when you should feed your Echeveria Lola. Too much feeding can cause the plant to get too much water, which can result in root rot. An indication of too much feeding is when the leaves become soft and start to droop from water retention.

You can feed your Echeveria Lola with a seaweed fertilizer every month or a 10-10-10 fertilizer once every 3 months. Make sure to use either a dry mix or use one that is diluted at half strength.

When Will Echeveria Lola Bloom?

When you have Echeveria Lola in good conditions, they can blooms in the spring and early summer and does not tolerate cold weather well. If you reside in Zone 9 or lower, grow this succulent solely in pots that can be carried indoors as the weather cools enough for frost. The blooms of Echeveria Lola are pink to magenta and are small and showy.

The sunlight and temperature ranges for the blooming period are from mid-spring to mid-summer, with a peak in June. The average time for flowering is around the months of May to July. The vernal (spring) bloom is small and inconspicuous, but the main bloom period is large and showy with flowers in bright colors of pink, orange, and purple.

They will generally bloom if you deadhead before they go to seed. The bloom time is entirely dependent on the varieties that you have. For example, some kinds of Echeveria Lola grow to be more 6 inches wide and the others can grow up to 4 inches in diameter.

Some especially bred varieties can also bloom at different times of the growing season, depending on the variety. With proper conditions for Echeveria Lola, it blooms in the spring, earlier planting by about a month and later blooming by about two weeks.

Some varieties of Echeveria Lola bloom from spring to early summer and some varieties bloom from mid-summer to mid-autumn. You should also make sure that you don’t let your plant bloom if the temperatures are below 50 F, if the nighttime temperature is still under 60 F and you’re not going to be able to keep the temperatures inside your Echeveria Lola at around 75 F.

What Kind Of Soil Do I Use For Echeveria Lola?

Echeveria Lola thrives in a well-drained soil made up of 50% perlite and sand, 25% coarse grit (oh) and 25% coarse sand. You should add small amounts of organic matter such as peat moss or compost to every pot to improve its drainage. They also appreciate a high amount of humidity and should be kept away from outdoor temperatures below 50 °F.

It can be improved with coarse sand, pumice, coir, or perlite. You may even produce your own soil. Overwatering and soil holding too much water kill more succulents than any other cause, so getting the soil composition correct from the start is important.

The soil should be well-drained, but not dry. The soil should have a good amount of organic matter and it can also mix in some sand for extra drainage, but you should still always add fertilizer to your plants. You should also make sure that you give your plant plenty of water, but never let the soil get too wet or you will kill the roots.

You should also add more perlite if the soil is too wet and you should also add a little sand to it as well. The soil should be kept moist but should not be wet. It should also never get dry or soggy. You can keep your succulents in a pot that is at least one size larger than the container you are going to use for it.

You may also want to buy bigger pots if you have a lot of Echeveria Lola and when they start to bloom, you then need to repot them.

Is Echeveria Lola Rare?

Echeveria Lola is a rare plant and it is difficult to find in the wild, but it is also available in garden stores. The Echeveria genus is native to Mexico, so Echeveria Lola may be more common in Mexico. It is also more likely to find this rare plant for sale in local garden stores, but most of the time you will only find the pink variety.

When grow Echeveria Lola, you will only find the pink and white varietal, but if you are searching for one that has different colors, you may find white and green varieties available. The rarity of Echeveria Lola is caused by the fact that it is not commonly cultivated and most people are not knowledgeable about it.

It is a popular plant in Mexico, so if you go there you may be able to find Echeveria Lola for sale in Mexico. You should also be aware that some nurseries that have Echeveria Lola in stock may not raise it.

The only way to be sure you are getting true Echeveria Lola is with a certification of authenticity, but this is not common practice when selling plants. Keep in mind that Echeveria Lola is also available online, but you may have to pay more than normal prices because the popular varieties are scarce and most people are looking for them.

How Much Sunlight Does Echeveria Lola Need?

Echeveria Lola requires full sun to partial shade for the best color and the best growth. However, Echeveria Lola does tolerate lighting from mostly shade to full sunlight. If you want the most vivid colors, you should give Echeveria Lola direct sunlight for about 6-8 hours every day. You will love how your plants grow if you put them in a spot that has at least 6-8 hours of sun light every day.

They also need bright indirect light, meaning they need to be in a spot that has indirect sunlight but also some direct sunlight. This is because indirect sunlight can fix many problems that are caused by too much direct sunlight, making it ideal for Echeveria Lola.

You should never let your Echeveria Lola get too much direct sunlight and never put them in an area with too much light. Proper sunlight is essential for the growth and development of your Echeveria Lola. They should also thrive in bright indirect light and should be exposed to a good amount of bright light.

You should put your Echeveria Lola in a place that gets bright sunlight but does not get too much direct sunlight. If you see that your succulents are starting to shrivel, then move it to a darker area.

All succulents will grow in partial shade, but if you want the most vivid colors, then you should provide at least 6 hours of direct sunlight every day. If you have bright light, they will grow well and they will produce beautiful Echeveria Lola flowers with rich colors when planted in partial shade.

How Big Does An Echeveria Lola Get?

The average size of an Echeveria Lola rosettes is up to 4 inches (10 cm) broad and up to 6 inches (15 cm) tall. With proper care for Echeveria Lola, it can grow up to 4–6 inches (10–15 cm) tall and up to 4 inches (10 cm) wide. An Echeveria Lola rosette should be trained on a stem as a single plant, not allowed to become larger than that.

Echeveria Lola thrives in a temperature range of 60–85 °F and should be kept away from full sun to partial shade, with a light but well-drained soil, and plenty of humidity. The most important thing about Echeveria Lola is the watering process. It is vital to water them only when the soil feels completely dry and not wet at all.

You should water them when the soil is dry to the touch. If you water it when it’s wet, then you’re actually making Echeveria Lola sick. You should also not let your Echeveria Lola grow more than 1 inch tall and not more than 6 inches (15 cm) wide. The young plants will be pruned back as soon as they begin flowering.

You should leave about 2-3 inches (5-8 cm) of the root system on each plant. These young plants should be pruned back regularly, if they begin to branch out too much, then loosen it back up and form a nice growing rosette.