The Succulent Manual: A guide to care and repair for all climates

The Succulent Manual explores topics on succulents' care requirements, their various propagation techniques, troubleshooting problems, regional advice, identification methods, and more. The Succulent Manual is thorough, easy to navigate, and will be the perfect companion to your succulent collection, whether you're just starting out with them or ready to advance your knowledge.

Succulents are taking over the hearts and window sills of millions of people around the world, and everyone wants to know what they need to thrive. Andrea Afra, from the popular succulent care and advice platform 'Sucs for You,' has helped thousands of succulent lovers become confident about understanding their plants' needs based on their growing location. From these exchanges and shared experiences, The Succulent Manual was born.

The Succulent Manual contains detailed chapters and sections on the most important topics:

Basic Tips : First, you'll learn about the basic care tips and growing cycles so you have a solid understanding of how to keep succulents alive and happy. This is vital to being able to troubleshoot any problems you may run into along the way. This chapter includes everything from finding the right light, watering advice, growth and dormancy periods, DIY fast draining soil recipes, and more. So, not so basic but an essential foundation for your adventure with succulents.

Make More Sucs: There are many varieties of succulents that can provide a lifetime supply of plants for you and others from just one plant! You'll learn about propagation by leaves, division, cuttings, and seeds.

Succulent SOS: Stretched plants, leaf-drop, pests...the 'Symptoms' section will help you identify problems with your succulents, while the following section 'Take Action' provides solutions and repair advice.

Regional Tips: Your climate and location have a major influence on the obstacles you may run into. This chapter covers the various regional and seasonal challenges, overwintering, and grow lights.

The Succulent Manual also includes care tips and instructions on building a garden bed for in-ground succulents, a buying guide for plants and supplies, information on shipping and selling succulents, a Knowledge Bank, glossary, and other useful advice. The paperback also has a Plant Journal section for logging the plants in your collection.

Full color, 188 pages, 200+ photos and graphics.

Chapters:

1 Basic Tips
Color and Form, Light, Watering, Soil and Fertilizer, Containers, Growth, Dormancy, Flowers, Seeds

2 Make More Sucs
Intro, Propagation by Leaf, Division, Cuttings, Seed

3 Succulent SOS
SYMPTOMS
Signs in Leaves, Signs in Stems, Signs in Roots, Signs of Fungal Diseases, Signs of Common Pests
TAKE ACTION
Increase Hydration, Reduce Hydration, Increase Light, Decrease Light, Color Repair, Etiolation Repair, Stem Rot, Root Rot, Fungi, Pests, Physical Damage

4 Regional Tips
Lack of Sunlight
Hot—Humid
Hot—Arid
Cold—Humid, Semi-arid to Arid
Mixed
Indoors
Overwintering
Grow Lights

5 Identification
Tips and Resources

6 Genus Tips
Aloe
Cacti
Echeveria
Euphorbia
Haworthia
Lithops
Mesembs
Other Popular Varieties

7 In-ground Succulents

8 Tasks and Projects
Potting Plants
Projects
Cleaning Plants
Drilling for Drainage
Logging and Journaling
Leaving Town

9 Buying Guide
Plants
Supplies

Knowledge Bank
Anatomical Information
Observations - Succulents, Flowers, Cacti
Glossary
Online Resources

Plant Journal (paperback version)