Farina on Succulents? What Exactly is it?

You bought some beautiful succulents from your local nursery or even better online with free shipping. You’ve been growing your succulents healthy and happy for a couple of weeks now and everything is going so well.

Until one day you see this white coating that’s kinda like powder on your succulents leaves and stems. The white powder coating that you see on the leaves and stems of your succulent is called farina. 

Don’t worry! Farina isn’t bad for your succulents at all, it’s actually very good for them! Farina benefits your succulents a lot and will actually help your succulents grow healthy and happy. By the end of this article, you will know exactly what farina is and all the benefits it has for your succulents. 

 

Let’s begin!

So What Is Farina?

Now the big question is what is farina?? Farina also known as “epicuticular wax” is a white coating that lays on the stems and leaves of succulents. If you see a white coating kinda like powder on the leaves and stems of the succulents, then they sure have farina. 

When succulent growers see this white powdery coating, immediately they think it’s harming their succulents. Now let’s answer the question, is farina bad for your succulents? The answer is no! Farina actually benefits your succulents because it acts as a sunscreen that will protect your succulent from sunburn, and root rot! Farina is amazing for your succulents especially if they get so much natural sunshine throughout the long day.

A lot of succulent growers make a huge mistake and give their succulents way too much sun. This happens a lot but farina does save them for sure. Sunburn can really damage a succulent and most likely kill them if you don’t catch on it quickly. Sunburn will also dehydrate your succulent making your succulent leaves fall off due to dehydration. This is why farina is so special and amazing, it’s literally sunscreen for your succulents!

Also farina can help prevent your succulent from getting root rot and dying. Farina is also hydrophobic, which means it helps prevent water. Now why is this good? Well it will help the succulent not be too wet and whenever it gets way too much water that will lead to root rot, farina solves this problem by repelling it. Instead of your succulent absorbing too much water, farina absorbs it instead, keeping your succulent safe from overwatering and root rot.

Can You Remove Farina From Your Succulent?

Yes you can remove farina from your succulents, but why would you want to? All farina is is just another amazing natural thing that will keep your succulents safe and healthy. It’s kinda silly to take it off, but it’s totally up to you!

Maybe if you take off the farina then you might just want to give your succulent a little more shade than usual and less sun. As we have mentioned, farina is basically a sunscreen for succulents, protecting them from a bad sunburn. 

It’s best to leave the farina on and protect your succulents from sunburn and also root rot. However, if you want to take it off then by all means, take it off! Taking off farina won’t harm the succulent at all, but just remember you are risking a bad sunburn one of these days. Now if your succulent doesn’t get too much sun, then it will be totally fine. Now if it gets 8+ hours of sunlight per day, then it’s best to leave the farina on.

That’s it!

Farina is amazing for succulents and will help your succulents grow healthy and happy by protecting them from sunburn and root rot. It’s a great thing for succulents because sunburn on succulents is becoming more and more common, a lot of succulent growers are experiencing it.

Farina helps solve this issue because it’s literally sunscreen! Let’s not forget that it will also protect your succulent from overwatering and root rot. If the succulent is getting too much water, farina will repel it and soak it up. This will help prevent root rot.

So now you know all about farina and how it helps your succulents! It’s amazing and it will truly help keep your succulents healthy and happy. We hope this quick article helps you and gave you great advice!

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