predict the effect of frequent rain on your cactus plants. give a remedy if needed.di na mag answer kapag di alam ung sagot please!! i will report ANSWER CORRECTLY PLEASEE I WILL MAKE THE BRAINLIEST
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Answer:Don't be surprised if after a good rain, your succulents look brighter and more vibrant. Here's how rain benefits succulents: It provides dissolved minerals and washes away dust that inhibits photosynthesis; it dilutes and flushes salts and harmful chemicals that have built up in the soil from tap water; and it provides nitrogen essential to growth, especially during electrical storms. It's odd but true: Lightning nourishes plants.
To make the most of precious rain, collect it in buckets and use it to water house plants and in-ground succulents beneath eaves. When rain is forecast, move your container-grown patio plants where rain can soak them. (Once the storm is over, return them to their earlier location, lest sun scorch leaves---or if frost is a possibility.)
Succulents do best in regions where annual rainfall is less than 25 inches. Excessive amounts can cause roots to rot, especially if soil stays soggy. Prepare for this by growing the plants in coarse, fast-draining soil, on a slope or atop a berm.
Of all succulents, cacti seem to respond the most dramatically to rain. No surprise; they've been waiting all year for it. If they weren't rooted, they'd be dancing. Opuntia (paddle) cacti that have been doing a whole lot of nothing for months rapidly grow new pads that can double the size of a young specimen in a matter of weeks. It's as though the pads were water balloons being squeezed; the resulting bulge is a new leaf.
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