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title: "Asking for a friend because succulents aren’t my area of expertise.…"
description: "Asking for a friend because succulents aren’t my area of expertise. My friend has the mother plant and is very fond of it. She took a cutting for her daughter,…"
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community: "The Cactus & Succulent Circle"
author: "happysoxdonkey"
published: "2025-10-03T22:37:40.153487Z"
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# Asking for a friend because succulents aren’t my area of expertise.…

_Posted by happysoxdonkey on 2025-10-03_

Asking for a friend because succulents aren’t my area of expertise. My friend has the mother plant and is very fond of it. She took a cutting for her daughter, let it callous over and then planted it. Does it look OK? Do you have any advice? The cutting lives with her daughter and they want to help it thrive. TIA!

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## 4 comments

### Amy commented on 2025-10-03

Do you know if it had any little roots growing out of the callous? That’s when I put mine in dirt and it the same way as you’ve shown in the picture. It should do well!

### The leafy Angel commented on 2025-10-03

I have a few leafs I’m trying to propagate and in my experience they take a long time to grow, so I would give it time

### Phil commented on 2025-10-04

Leaf props do take a very long time. You should start seeing little roots and beginning of a young plant. You really don’t need to do anything for it. After new growth and the leaf starts to wrinkle, then you can lightly mist, every few days. But the time will be months.

### BigGrac commented on 2025-10-04

In my experience my succulent leaf props do best just chillin on a windowsill until they grow roots. Then you can move them to soil but I don’t water until the mother leaf falls off. Once that happens I use a spray bottle to water a teeny bit once in a while

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