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What happened?

Small update since I realized I haven’t posted in over a year.

Winter came around last year and with junior year starting I got crazy busy, then came the summer and I had to leave my lovely thriving babies at my moms. Sadly, my family forgot to take care of them and most were long gone when I got back.

If I restart my collection I may become active again, but 2019 was hectic and crazy, and I haven’t had the time or money to do it.

Sorry that the last picture is terrible but I’ve been working on my plant set up (this is not finished I’m going to hang up my burros tail and bring in my jade tree )

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Sorry that I have been so inactive!! It’s been a crazy summer. But this is a new jade tree that I got today! I’ll be posting more pictures of my plants later!

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New plant babies 👀

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Even though this is a plant blog I'd like to post about my newest addition! Meet Quill!

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How to make succulent babies!

Step 1: Pick leaves Gently twist the leaf near the base, it should snap off the plant cleanly. Good cuttings will be slightly rounded at the ends, and have no ‘open’ wound:

Bad cuttings will not grow, you need to make sure the whole leaf comes off in one go. Bad leaves are jagged, torn, or cut:

Step 2: Lay all cuttings inside on a piece of cloth. I usually put a piece of old scrap material down on my desk and lie all the leaves out in rows. I try not to pile up the leaves, as this tends to promote rot. Do not water at all. AKA no misting the leaves, no watering the leaves, nothing. Everything the baby succulent needs to grow is stored in the mother leaf, watering may rot the leaf before the new plant is big enough to survive on its own! Make sure the leaves aren’t in direct sun, as they will wither before they form new plants. Filtered light from a window is strong enough!

Step 3: Waiting After about 4 weeks you will start to see the first signs of life. The leaf may send out roots first, it may start to grow with no roots. Both are okay!

Step 4: Planting (Start watering once a week at this stage) After 6-8 weeks the baby succulents will be big enough to plant outside! I do this by placing the leaves on top of loose, sandy soil that has not been compacted. I do not bother burying the leaves, as it tends to do more harm than good (you may snap roots/damage new shoots in the process):

I place all the plants together, they don’t really seem to mind! These is how they look after about 10 weeks:

When the plants are big enough, the mother leaf will shrivel up and start to die off:

TADA! You’ve created baby succulents :)

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This is super helpful!

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I love them so much

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My first propagation attempt! I started these around June 19th? I'm starting to propagate some other ones. I'll post pictures when they start to sprout😊