Your card expires on .Update your payment information to continue being a member of elDiario.es.Your support is still needed.It seems that you had problems registering as a member in elDiario.es.Finish the process in just a few minutes.We need you more than ever.Your payment details are wrong or incomplete.Update your data to renew the fee and not cause cancellation as a member of elDiario.esThey are everywhere, it is easy to find an aloe, a cactus or a kalanchoe in the supermarket, in a store, or in a street flower stall where you can buy them for little money.It is not surprising that cacti and succulent plants also sweep social networks: well cared for, they stay green all year round.And the green has become likes.In these times, many of us find it a relief to surround ourselves with all that greenery.And, frankly, they are a cheap decorative object: from $100 (although there are much more expensive ones) we can start filling the apartment with green.Despite its reputation for being easy, caring for a succulent has its tricks.These are some guidelines for them to live happily and healthy in your living room.All cacti, technically, are succulent plants (from the Latin suculentus, juicy) because they have specialized organs for storing water (in their leaves or stems), a characteristic that helps them survive in arid climates.Now, only the cactus has areoles, a protuberance from which the thorns arise, and which is absent in the rest of succulents, such as aloe.Even so, they take on multiple forms: some are rounded and angular, some have spines while others are smooth and even hairy.There are also different colors: their leaves cover the entire spectrum of the rainbow.Plant influencers don't often cite this simple trick to prevent your cactus from dying or getting sick and having to buy another one.Place your pots less than a meter from a sunny window.As much as the glass is transparent, it filters out most of the ultraviolet (UVB) rays that your plant needs to grow and stay healthy.Calculate that for every meter that you separate from the glass, the incidence of UVB is divided by half;something that these natural inhabitants of the desert do not take well at all.But what would the rules be without their exceptions?It's true that most cacti and succulents need as much light as you can give them.But others not only tolerate a little shade, they prefer it.That makes plants like the long-suffering haworthia (which looks like a green flower) and the gasteria two good alternatives for any space in the living room away from the window that we want to decorate for little money.Both tolerate being placed up to three meters from direct light.If you have doubts, turn to their natural habitat: these plants are not usually found with the naked eye, but prefer to be protected from larger ones.Something similar happens to the popular rhipsalid, which has become famous thanks to its tousled wig look.Unlike most cacti, she is a natural inhabitant of tropical forests.The same thing happens if you live with a schlumbergera, known as Christmas cactus, or with an epiphyllum, the orchid cactus: they also need more water and live in semi-shade.Another element explains this succulent fever in the apartments: in general, these plants tolerate the lack of water stoically.What is not so well known is that, with heat, their growth doubles as long as they have water at their disposal.Here's a tip for them to get huge: in summer, water them every five days.It is much more than your plant needs to survive, but it will come in handy to grow.But in winter you have to space out the watering much more, and it is enough to wet them once a month.Keeping them dry when the sun is not so hot prevents them from rotting.And if the plants are on the terrace, be careful with the rain.Most cacti and succulents take the cold surprisingly well, as long as their roots are kept dry.Therefore, it is better to put them under cover or stick them to a wall to protect them from water.And that's it: once you follow the watering and light trick, both cacti and succulents are easy-care plants and simple to keep happy.Having succulents at home has another advantage: they do wonderfully even in the tiniest pot, and they also live happily in hanging containers.Unlike other more traditional indoor plants, they have spent millions of years adapting to difficult terrain, with little soil, little fertility and hardly any humidity.A survival instinct that even the least skilled gardeners can harness.They require little and provide us with a green refuge all year round.Reasons enough to love them.And a perfect excuse to indulge in his reign.The most read by membersWith dozens of blockades throughout the country, the strike of carriers continuesFernández's three deadlines: dollars, Guzmán and the possibilities for 2023The United States Supreme Court upheld the right to bear arms in publicBiden asked the United States Congress to restore the right to abortion as 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