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title: "How do I keep this growing... My jade plant dropped a leaf, and it…"
description: "How do I keep this growing... My jade plant dropped a leaf, and it started to propagate. Id love to keep it going, the leaf that fell is brown, dry and…"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "Blackbird"
published: "2024-12-02T15:57:08.667871Z"
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# How do I keep this growing... My jade plant dropped a leaf, and it…

_Posted by Blackbird on 2024-12-02_

How do I keep this growing... My jade plant dropped a leaf, and it started to propagate. Id love to keep it going, the leaf that fell is brown, dry and shriveled up. Ive tucked it under the soil to help it get the idea. I watered the entire plant last week. But im not seeing a lot of change yet. But green is good.

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## 3 comments

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-12-02

a dead leaf won’t propagate. you could drop a green leaf or a small leaf and stem cutting right there on top of the soil and forget about it and it will root, however

that little green bit is what i’m assuming is attached to the fallen leaf? leave her to it — she’s doing her thing!

### Carrie commented on 2024-12-02

Patience

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-12-02

It takes a long while.

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