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  1. Adrian

    Looks good to me! Do you need any help with propagating the cuttings? Only thing I would suggest is that I would gently twist off the bottom two sets of leaves at the bottom of the stems to give more room for roots to grow and make it easier to stick the stems into soil more securely when they are growing roots.

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    • Show me the Greens!

      Thank you! Should I put them directly into soil?

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    • Adrian

      Yes. I’m currently propagating some cuttings myself, and my current setup is a small pot with cactus and succulent soil (I use Espoma. Never failed me, and personally, I would avoid Miracle Grow anything for this.) and you can do one of two methods here. 1. Take your cuttings. Spray the top layer of soil down and stick them into the soil. Repeat the spraying when the top soil gets dry, but always take the cuttings out when doing this so you don’t get the leaves wet. You don’t want to soak the entirety of the soil as they haven’t developed any roots yet to drink the water, so watering it normally could lead to rot. Essentially, mist it heavily on the top every 1-2 days, or when the top soil is dry again, remove the cuttings when doing so, then stick them back in after misting.

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    • Adrian

      2. Option 2 is my current setup. I used my finger to form small holes (deep ones, not wide ones. Deep enough to stick the stem into the soil and keep it upright, but not so deep that the leaves are gonna get wet or touch the soil). I use an eye dropper to fill the holes with water, then add the stem cuttings, gently moving the soil around the stem for more support if I need to. I wait every 2-3 days before adding water again. I find this method helps prevent pests from being attracted to the soil, but it can take a little more time for roots to develop this way, so I wanted to give both options. I add a few drops of 3% hydrogen peroxide to the water before filling the eye dropper once a week, both to kill any possible bacteria and because I’ve found it helps with root development, especially when regrowing roots after a case of root rot. You can do this for either method, just add 3-4 drops of it to the misting bottle for option one. Both are pretty simple. You’ve just gotta monitor it every few days and keep the props in a bright spot with plenty of sun. Hope this helps! Good luck!

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    • Adrian

      This is a photo of the ones I last propagated using the second method. And as for the bottom leaves I recommended you remove to give the stems more space to grow roots and make it easier to stick into soil, let them callous overnight then simply lay them on top of the soil with the stem cuttings or give them a shallow dish with some cactus soil and mist it as often as method 1. They might not all propagate, as I’ve found jades do that best from stem cuttings, but for ones that do, gently make a shallow hole to stick them in by the roots and gently cover the roots with the soil. I liked using option 2 for this with the eye dropper to continue their growth, but either option works fine.

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    • Show me the Greens!

      This is great information! Thanks Adrian. I’m excited to see how they turn out. I’ll do a little science experiment and use method 1 for a stem and method 2 for the others.

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