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Succulent propagation - My first tries

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The first succulent of my little collection is probably an Echeveria chinensis. Well, it looks like an Echeveria, but I'm not sure. These leaves were my first propagation tries. I followed succulent bloggers' advices and ended up with quite a few succulents. So, see how it turned out! When I was new to this matter, I always wondered how long it would take the leaves to root and form a baby succulent. That's why I made these succulent propagation time lapses, so you know what to expect. However, bear in mind that every leaf is different and the development greatly depends on the environment. Succulent propagation time lapse

Hairy Succulent

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Yet another succulent propagation time lapse of a leaf from my friend's plant.

How to keep in check

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The Cotyledon undulata has doubled its size since the end of 2016. It simply looks too big right know next to my other succulents. So instead of throwing the branches away (I really would regret that), I decided to include them into Christmas presensts.  Since all leaves have shrivelled at my attempt to propagate them just the way as I usually do with most of the succulent leaves, I pin my hope on their cuttings. 

Souvenir from Padua

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I found these leaves somewhere on the ground in Padua. Almost every one of them developed a baby plant. You can see two time lapses here. Succulent propagation time lapse

Five months' journey of a succulent leaf

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A good friend gave me this leaf and I'm happy it developed a baby succulent. Succulent propagation time lapse

The unbreakable succulent leaf

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When I found this leaf somewhere on the ground in Venice on 7th May 2017, it didn't look healthy at all. Shortly thereafter, it seemed to rot, but it miraculously managed to develop a baby succulent. I'm more than astonished at its fast development and happy to have one more succulent. Succulent propagation time lapse

When one leaf ends up with three baby plants

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When my friend and I collected two leaves of a succulent plant in Malta, we didn't know that one of them would rot and the other one would form three tiny baby succulents. The latter outcome was a surprise indeed. Until that moment, I had only seen plants developing on the other side of the leaf (where it had been attached to the origin plant) and was expecting exactly the same thing to happen. Suddenly, three little green structures appeared at the margin and developed into mini-plants. A souvenir from Malta Succulent propagation time lapse   21.02.2018