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title: "I was trying to propagate my Thanksgiving cactus, and instead of a…"
description: "I was trying to propagate my Thanksgiving cactus, and instead of a new section growing, a bud started to grow. Anybody else have experience with Thanksgiving…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "Bea"
published: "2026-02-08T18:50:04.505359Z"
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# I was trying to propagate my Thanksgiving cactus, and instead of a…

_Posted by Bea on 2026-02-08_

I was trying to propagate my Thanksgiving cactus, and instead of a new section growing, a bud started to grow. Anybody else have experience with Thanksgiving cacti propagation?

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## 5 comments

### °☆♡~Tayz~♡☆° commented on 2026-02-08

How did you propagate that? I wanna try...

#### Bea replied on 2026-02-08

Took off a piece that was two sections long, stuck it in dirt lol. There’s probably a better of doing it, but it still alive. I started off by putting it in water for a week, but nothing happened, then I moved it to dirt.

### °☆♡~Tayz~♡☆° commented on 2026-02-09

How long has it been in the dirt?

#### Bea replied on 2026-02-09

About two weeks

### Snowstorm commented on 2026-02-09

Awwwwwww!!! 🥹🥹🥹🥹 I’ve propagated my turkey day cactus before but I stuck it in water for the full time, and I hade like 6-8 sections in a Y it grew roots but was suuuuuuuuper slow about it.

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