Just hit my 50th propagated succulent from cuttings this morning

I started with just one sad-looking echeveria from a grocery store last spring and now I have a whole windowsill full of baby plants I gave away to neighbors, has anyone else accidentally started a plant nursery in their kitchen?

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zara_hill4624d ago

Oh man that is exactly how it starts I swear. I started with three little jade cuttings from my neighbor and now I've got like 60 something pots taking over the whole kitchen counter. The secret is you gotta be ruthless about culling the weak ones or you'll end up drowning in props. Keep them in a south facing window if you can but watch for sunburn on the baby leaves. Do you use the plastic cup method with drainage holes or just let them root in the same pot as the mother plant? I find it helps to give them a tiny drop of diluted fertilizer once they've got real roots.

sarah22924d ago

Started the exact same way with a neighbor's spider plant babies and now my dining table looks like a jungle... I swear they multiply while you're sleeping. Had to get real with myself and start giving away the weaker ones just so I could walk through my own kitchen without knocking over pots. I use the plastic cup method mostly but I poke extra holes in the bottom with a hot nail, seems to work better for drainage. The diluted fertilizer tip is spot on though, I do that once they've got three or four real leaves and it makes a huge difference.

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