How to Propagate Succulents like a Pro // Angel's Grove 

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Seriously! Most comprehensive one I’ve seen so far and I’ve been searching let me tell you 😂

Yes thats what got me watching her also. She not inly educates u but shows u exactly what it looks like so u can get the courage to try to do it urself.

Pls refer me to the pumice only propagation

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Well, if this makes you feel better I decapitated one while transfering it to its new pot. I was holding it softly to prevent any leaf from breaking, but she just wanted to end with her misery or something and fell off my hand. She lost a good amount of leaves and the "decapitated head" was such a small rosette that dried out days later. None of the leaves I put over soil have either rooted or rotted (there has been a month). But not everything is sad in this story, and few days ago I saw that from the main stem are growing 2 small babies (fingernail size)

WigantX oof that sucks but I’m happy you’re starting to see new growth!

I cant stop laughing how did you manage to sit on it? 🤣🙈

CATSAREGREAT :P i often sit on mine

LOL XD!!!!!!!

Yay! Ya know, I have only propagated from offsets, but I have seen other people try it but haven't ever followed up with their results. It might be worth experimenting!

Ok thanks!

I usually just set it on top. No need to bury it in

Hi! Succulent propagation can be so much fun but it can also be super frustrating. If the leaves already have rot, it is most likely not going to recover. I mean, you can obviously try it since it won’t hurt but honestly, it most likely won’t. Now, if you have some more leaves you can propagate I would try again but with making a few adjustments. Make sure the leaves aren’t too close to the lights cause this can make the shrivel up too fast and burn the roots, best would be a spot next to your grow light where they might get some of the light but just barely. I also don’t like to mist my leaves until they start growing roots just to make sure I don’t rot them out. Leaves will usually put the roots out on their own so you shouldn’t have to water them to ‘prompt’ the growth or anything. Hope that helps! Good luck!

@@AngelsGrove thank you for such a quick response. I'm currently in a rabbit hole of all of your videos 😵 lol. I'm enjoying your videos. Thank you I will try to make the needed adjustments. I just ordered some new leaves online 🤞🏼😁

Thank you so much for the support! I'm glad to always help

Alyssa Gardner hi! I water a couple times a week if I remember but otherwise once a week. I use a syringe and water them pretty well.

@@AngelsGrove can you show us a video of you using a syringe to water them

Water when the soil is dry. So depending on the size you will have to change the amount. So for really tiny ones who don't have as much water in their leaves stored, make sure you keep an eye on it and water when the soil dries out which could be every day. For bigger ones they can last a little longer. But good rule of thumb is whenever the soil is dry.

That’s what I was thinking lol. Thanks!!!! 😉

Sometimes you can see them, they are little white oval things usually attached to the stem. Some signs the plant gives off are scaring or stunted growth. I spray with rubbing alcohol only when I see them. I take tweezers and pull them off to kill the ones I can see and then spray once and keep out of light until it has a chance to recover its powder.

Thank you! That sounds like an awesome idea! I don’t think I will try growing from leaf since all of mine are popping out babies faster than I can keep up with haha but I’m glad to know it is an option :)

Angel's Grove I have been trying to propagate for months. Maybe out of the hundreds and hundreds I’ve taken care of individually 3 showed roots, I was getting licking buying new succulents with babies already formed just not fully grown. I’ve killed them all, well this is going to blow your mind. I cut myself with a dull knife I was using for cleaning up my plants and just got an aloe plant. Yup I sliced of a piece and when the bleeding stopped I smothered it with aloe. This was in front of my propagation trays and I was needing to lay out some leaves I’ve just snapped. Well the aloe not only repairs broken tips from snapping off and makes them viable (I rubbed aloe all over the damaged ones) and low and behold only the damaged leafs that weren’t supposed to be able to do this but o my the damaged one pushed roots out! They pushed roots out 5 days after putting the aloe on them. That’s also 5 days after I took them off the plant. So back to me killing babies....succulents....you actually made me realize my fault. I was hurrying the roots all the way. I finally figured out not even sprinkling dirt is good for where I live (dry, hot and dry Phoenix), so not soil on roots. Now I’m on stage two waiting for the babies to grow bigger to move to soil in bigger pots and take the mom off or wait for the roots to dig in. Thank you, this video was what saved my baby Sucs. For some reason no one not one person stresses that killing your succulent babies or roots shriveling up is because the roots are covered by soil which is not what the babies want so they die in the long run.

Angel's Grove one more thing with aloe, or repairs leafs still attached to Sucs. I have a terrible time selecting the wrong leaf that will make the plant lopsided by accidentally knocking into it, whatever the case maybe if it’s a loose leaf or halfsnapped leaf the aloe will rescue that too!! Do repairs the business end of the succulent to let it reproduce, patches up accidental nail stabbings and glues leafs more securely to the stem to keep it esthetically pleasing. I just looked at all the propagation leafs I have dozed with aloe three days ago, all but 6 are showing sines of rooting or bulging out. Before zero! It was worse than failure, now I’m at 99% success even the damaged tips? Ya it’s a big deal for me. I thought no matter what I couldn’t get this figured out. I’d still be sitting here getting frustrated on why nothing would root, I did damn near everything and then some plus tweaking conditions and situations. So when this happened and I got the results I did you need to know and try to confirm it works and if you’d like to share it with everyone cool!

thank you for sharing, that is so strange but aloe is amazing so I don't doubt it!

Yay! So once roots start forming you should be able to move them onto the soil and begin watering! You can dry propagate though til the mother leaf dries up and falls off. I've dry propagated a ton of babies and it works great but if you can add water I find that they grow faster!

I haven't seen that before! Is there a book? I am just going off of experience and those that I have watered before pulling always just do better.

Angel's Grove when I find where I got it from I will link it to you. Having a bit of trouble finding it now, sorry! In my experience I have had some luck with taking leaves that were kind of withered and putting them on damp soil for a day or so and then moving to dry soil. In general I think thicker leaves tend not to put out roots or babies until they are a little shriveled but thinner leaves might dry out before they can get the chance. With super thin leaves that don't generally propagate well, I've had some success propagating on slightly damp soil

I water my succulents probably once a month right now under my grow lights. My frequency has changed over the years but right now it is probably once a month. Just as long as you let them completely dry out before ever watering them again, they tend to be happy

It all depends on what kind of succulents you are propagating. I am going to be posting a one month update of my mandala within the next couple of days and you can see where mine are in comparison. Mine are also mostly roots. What matters more in my opinion is how shriveled your leaf is at this point. You are probably doing fine. Some just make babies faster than others, I have about 10 varieties I have been growing for a month and only about 3 have babies so far. Hope that helps!

thank you so much! I have tried to find videos about what is happening and i couldn’t find one. this helped because now i know just to continue adding leaves and being patient. Thank You!

From everything that I have read, seeds take forever to grow and sometimes buying them can be difficult and not getting scammed.

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Haha! I bet it is an echeveria of some sort, possibly a black knight or black prince? I just painted in the colors that I wanted for the photo but if it is dark like that, those are my guesses! And yes! You should be able to split them off, I have a separating baby succulents video that might explain that a little better! I am going to put tomatoes in the ground tomorrow!

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MinerFreakPVP no worries!! It can take weeks before you see anything! This is a process that requires lots of patience but it is worth it! Unless your leaf completely dries up or looks rotten(black) just leave it there!

Also, I am using this water propagation method where I placed my succulent leaves in a plate with water thinking that it will root. I have made them callous over for about 3-4 days before doing so. Do you think they will grow good and root with a baby plant or they will just rot? Because this was their first day of this method. Please let me know quick so I can change. Thanks a lot! Love your tips and information.

There are so many people that swear by water propagation. I personally have never liked it and my dry propagation methods have always been reliable. But that doesn't mean it won't work!

From my experience, Succulent leaflets typically take anywhere from five days to two weeks to start rooting. I Usually start to see little baby leaves emerging from the mother leaf after three weeks. The time it takes may differ though, depending on light, temperature, watering, and the species. Good luck!

It can take anywhere from a week to 3 weeks depending on the variety it is. Propagating is so easy and fun to do. I grow so many succulents, veggies, herbs, and many house plants. Happy planting I hope your succulent babies Sprout and do good for you!

Waqas it can take several months to form a rosette from a leaf. I think you would find my propagation playlist interesting. I have a lot of updates and different ways of propagating on there

Succulent soil is perfect!

I have some put both ways. In my experience, they do fine either way. If you do face the leaf down the plant will have to grow up and around because it does come from the top of the leaf. Hope that helps!

Ankna Parkin tggt

When I transfer to the propagation tray with soil

evilsaddist666 they sound healthy. Slow and steady is the name of the game here. I have several updates you can look at to get a glance at mine too

Dana Camilo it depends on your set up. If you have a very humid climate you need to be more careful for rotting. Watch my new video on watering your succulents. Some water won’t hurt if they are drying quickly

jcfretts I haven’t. I have used cinnamon to help with fungus but usually they do well without anything

Lori Stitt I personally haven’t ever seen significant growth when I had one on my succulents so that’s why I don’t use them anymore. I have a grow light video you should check out cause I have links to what I use below!

This is super common. Unfortunately, sometimes the leaf only grows roots or only grows leaves. There isn't a way to promote the growth of the leaves that I have found. My best advice would be to keep waiting patiently as they can still develop them later on. Until the leaf is completely dried up and dead, just keep waiting. Water it consistently, minimum once a week and it will at least keep receiving water through the roots.

Btw are you on Instagram ?