Succulents require more water in the early spring when the plant is growing. Water needs may lessen in the summer and even more so during the winter. When the light decreases during the winter months and most succulents are in a dormant period, their water requirements also decrease.
DO IT. 1  Even animals that are protected under the AWA can be abused and tortured. 2  According to the Humane Society, registration of a single pesticide requires more than 50 experiments and the use of as many as 12,000 animals.  In tests of potential carcinogens, subjects are given a substance every day for 2 years.
Most scientists and governments state that animal testing should cause as little suffering to animals as possible, and that animal tests should only be performed where necessary. The Three Rs are guiding principles for the use of animals in research in most countries.