WELCOME!

To start our succulent propagating journey, we went to our favorite place- HomeDepot! We picket up two succulents, however the process of choosing to more than a few minutes. Since it was our first time, we were very particular. Not surprisingly, most people say that healthier plants have a much higher propagation success rate. After this, we headed home and after a brief photo shoot with our new plant babies, we started the process of propagation!

PHASE 2-PREPAREING THE CUTTINGS

February 19th, 2018

To start this process, first we had to get our cuttings. This may be the most important step of the who entire process because if this is doe wrong, the cutting is doomed! To get the cutting, we did what almost every resource said to do: wiggle the leaf off with your hands, making sure the cutting is the whole entire leaf. If the leaf is not cleanly pulled off, there is not chance of it propagating.

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Next, we slayed them out in indirect sunlight so that they could callus over. When the leaf is pulled off, the point of detachment is ope, so if we were to water is before the leaf had a chance to callus over/scar, the cuttings would be over watered ad start to rot and die. The process of callusing took our cuttings 3-4 days. That is longer than most...that was our first sign that we had some rather slow plants.

PHASE 3- "PLANTING" THE CUTTINGS

February 19th, 2018

Once the ends of the cuttings callused over, it was time to lay them on top of soil. We filled our tray with high drainage succulent soil from, you guessed it, HomeDepot, and then we put the cuttings over it. Now all that left to do is wait and water. We water them every day or two by spraying them with a spray bottle. According to our research, in about three weeks we should have some sort of roots peeking out of the detachment sight!