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Abby

My string of hearts propagations are growing so fast!! So excited as this is the first time Ive tried the butterfly method! Usually I just water prop them. šŸ’š

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  1. Donna

    So cute!! How did you do that? I have several string of turtles

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    • Abby

      Not sure if it will work with string of turtles, but with the string of hearts since they have nodes in between each pairs of leaves you can ā€œbutterfly cutā€ them (cut each node with two leaves on each side) and shove them into soil. I placed a bowl over mine to keep the humidity higher. Iā€™m sure if you google propagating string of hearts butterfly method a better video tutorial will pop up lol, I saw it on insta first and decided to try it!

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  2. Mullein

    Thatā€™s so aesthetically pleasing! It looks like a little fairy forest in a magic bowl ā˜ŗļø

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    • Abby

      IKR! I made the bowl in my HS ceramics class last semester with the intention of putting string of hearts in it. Thats why thereā€™s a cut out on the side with divots so I can have them all pour out one side like a waterfall eventually!!!

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    • Mullein

      I love it!! My partner went to school for ceramics. I keep strongly suggesting that I would like him to make me some plant pottery hehe. Do you happen to know the name of that glaze by chance? Itā€™s gorgeous

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    • Abby

      Ugh I donā€™t remember off the top of my head and unfortunately I donā€™t have her class rn. But Iā€™ll definitely look next time I end up in her classroom, I always end up wandering down there lol

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    • Mullein

      I wish I could go back to my old art classroom. Good times!

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  3. Mk

    Iā€™ve never seen that before! Totally trying with my string of hearts propagation. Now I donā€™t have to wait too long to cut it

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  4. Des

    Was this difficult? I want to try this with mine but I've never propagated anything before

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    • Abby

      Honestly no I just butterfly cut them, made sure the node was touching soil. Soaked it and then covered it with a glass bowl (for humidity) itā€™s been about 2-3 months since Ive started to get to this point but itā€™s also been winter in my area. I moved them under a grow light which seemed to help too

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    • Des

      Thank you! Theyre so cute

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