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Do you want your succulent to grow bushy from all directions? Do you want to grow more lil ones from your present succulents? Well, here is your chance to learn how to multiply succulents successfully, if you do!
For bushy succulents -
If you want your succulents to grow bushy there is one and only one way to do it – TRIMMING it off or heading back. It might sound crazy but it’s the only way! Do it yourself and check out for the results! Just cut the head or the top portion of you succulent and plant it separately removing some leaves from the bottom so that there are nodes for the roots to come out. Use those leaves to grow new ones (procedure for which is mentioned further). And from the remaining stem portion from the old plant that is already rooted, grows out new shoots from almost every bud and there you go! You have a bushy succulent! Trust me on this and try it for yourself and see the beautiful results.
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For propagation there are mainly two ways –
- Using stem
– Cut out a portion of your succulent, expose few nodes by removing leaves*, if
present or just place the stem in a soil or preferably coco-peat and let it sit
as such without disturbing and it will grow out roots ,and later shoots pop out in a
month or two. Be patient!
- Using
leaves – propagation by leaves can be achieved through two methods – a. in soil b. in water.
If we look in the percentage of success propagation through soil it has ≤50% chance of being successfully grown into a new one and propagation
through water has ≥90% chance of success. Let’s learn
how both are done.
- Its simple
to propagate succulents anyways, but it is further simpler with soil. Just
pluck some leaves* and put them on moist soil and don’t forget to mist every time
it gets dry and that’s it! Leaves will show up roots and then shoots starts to
show up in 2-3 weeks. After they show up roots try to put them in soil properly
so that the roots don’t just be lying around on the soil without being able to
draw proper nutrition, but do not disturb them from their positions too much since
this will lag the process.
- To
propagate using water you need four things – bowl or any container, polythene
cover/sheet, cutter and rubber bands. Put some water in the bowl, cover it with
a polythene sheets using a rubber band. Now, using the cutter make short cuts
the length of the width of the succulent leaves. Then, insert leaves into these
cuts so that they stay above the water level and do not touch it. Leave it as
such for a week or two and you will see the roots coming out. After the roots
grow long enough i.e., an inch, take them out and place it in soil and you will
see mini succulent in few weeks!
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Note: *While plucking succulent leaves, hold the leaf between your thumb and index fingers and gently twist and pull. This makes sure that the leaf and growth tip is not damaged.
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