How To Propagate Your Succulents

What is “propagation”

Plant propagation is the process by which new plants grow from a variety of sources: seeds, cuttings and other plant parts. Plant propagation can also refer to the man-made or natural dispersal of seeds.

Propagation typically occurs as a step in the overall cycle of plant growth. For seeds, it happens after ripening and dispersal; for vegetative parts, it happens after detachment or pruning; for asexually-reproducing plants, such as strawberry, it happens as the new plant develops from existing parts. Plant propagation can be divided into four basic types: sexual, asexual (vegetative), layering, and grafting.

Countless plants are propagated each day in horticulture and agriculture. The materials commonly used for plant propagation are seeds and cuttings.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_propagation

5 ways to propagate your succulents

1. Leaf cutting

Step 1: Use knife/ hands to remove leaves from mature succulent.

Step 2: Keep the leaves in bright dry area for few days (you can also put them on the prepared soil). Water them when the soil or leaves completely dried out. After few weeks, you can see the new baby succulent start growing.

Step 3: Repot the babies’ succulent to new pot.

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2. Stem cutting

Step 1: Use sharp knife/scissor to cut the top (all the leaves should be cut off)

Step 2: Give the stem dry out few days without watering. After three days to one week, you can water them normally.

Step 3: After one month you will see many small succulent sprouting.

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3. Stem growing

Step 1: Use sharp knife/scissor to cut the top of the succulent (keep all the leaves).

Step 2: Leave them in the bright dry area in few days.

Step 3: Grow the stem directly in the prepared soil. Water the stem normally. You can see the stem growing just like normal succulent (with root system come out from the end of the stems).

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4. Division

Step 1: Find the baby succulents growing from mature one’s.

Step 2: Use knife/scissor/hands to remove those babies off.

Step 3: Grow them in the prepared soil. The succulents will soon adapt new environment and thrive normally.

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5. Offset

Step 1: Find the baby succulents growing from mature succulents. Carefully remove the offset off main plants.

Step 2: Grow them in the new pot right away.

Step 3: Your new succulent is ready to thrive.

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