Propagating Succulents...Part 2

The weather in the valley is a little unreal.

By unreal I mean warm! T-Shirt weather in January

Will this make for an unbearable summer?

I sure hope not!

With all this warm weather, my succulents that I propagated a little while back (see post here) are doing amazing!

Each one of them has started to grow their roots.

Some are even ready to be potted!

That little dried up leaf is the original leaf that was placed on top of the soil in my previous post.

Once they look like this, they are ready for their new "home"

I bought a bunch a mini terracotta posts (I will soon share what I plan to do with them all soon! :) ) and that is what I planted the baby succulents into.

Be careful not to accidentally remove any of the roots! 

Spring is quickly approaching and I am so happy how well these little guys are doing! 

Propagating Succulents

Succulents!

I can't get enough...really!

Remember the ones I planted back in February?

Click here for the original post.

I can't get over how much they have grown.

Some of my succulents have become "leggy"

I started propagating a few months ago and was worried with what the outcome might be.

I have killed more plants then grown in my life time.

But surprisingly they have been doing very well!

Little baby succulents!

So since I haven't killed these ones...yet...I decided to propagate some more in preparation for spring next year :)

How to Propagate Succulents

1. So like I mentioned, it's best to propagate succulents that have seem to out grown their current container.

Succulents get "leggy" when they are not getting enough light. So they try and reach out to it

2.  Starting from the bottom of your succulent, grip a leaf firmly and gently twist back and forth until the entire leaf comes off.

3. Before you put your succulents in soil, make sure that the ends callous over and are dry. If you put them right into soil they will get too much absorbed water and could rot and die.

4. Once the ends have calloused, place the leaves right on top on the soil and stick the rosette into the soil. I very rarely water them at this stage. I usually don't water until I see small buds starting to appear.

Succulents are so easy to propagate and will actually do it on their own.

I didn't plant those really small succulents, those are from the leaves falling and they began to bud and took root.

Here is what they look like when they start to form a root.

I will post an update on them in a few weeks or months depending on growth.

Fingers crossed I can give an update on most if not all :)

Good luck little succulents!

Succ-u-whats?!

I have lived in the desert for....over TEN years now (wow), and am just discovering succulents.

I have a tendency to not only love something almost immediately, but get obsessed over it.

Well, readers, my new obsession are cacti! :D

Not the prickly kind let me be clear on that!

Aren't they adorable!

Yes, that is my choice of word!

Matt took me to Lowe's to buy one or two and he wanted to make sure I didn't kill them before we bought anymore.

(Let's just say my green thumb is basically non-existing.)

Well, having the obsessive personality that I have I ventured out on my own to get more of these darling little plants!

Our horse property is like a blank canvas. We came from a 1/2 acre of ALL grass and now we have dirt, that's it.

So we FINALLY have some greenery!

Sonney-bob (our Christmas tree that we planted) doesn't really count since my not so green thumb is killing him...which I read is pretty hard to do.

Good Luck my little succulents! If these make it a month I have been given the "OK" to get another barrel full :)