I'll get the contest post updated with Zelly's picture.

I'm also entering this. It's my Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy'. I was wanting one for months and I was gonna get one much smaller but with three little plants. Then I found this giant one at a nursery. It's outer leaves were getting cut by the small plastic pot it was in at the time. I've moved it to this clay pot but I'm wondering if this pot is actually still a bit small. The thing coming from the center of the plant is a bloom spike.



Also, my Echeveria 'Lola' is still alive! It's gotten this very strange, beautiful, and hard to describe coloration. It's this very pale bluish green but there's like some strange shade of pink. I do want to eventually move her to a prettier pot. The clay pot seems nice for Topsy Turvy but I think a different pot could really make Lola look even more wonderful. I'll try to get a good picture of it that shows off the coloration if I can.

I'd like to enter my Seedling that is as of yet, un-named;

This was an evening picture, this is a really short and robust Brugmansia; it smells great too by the way!

Wanders photo has my vote!

Sorry for not posting an update sooner. With the time to enter photos complete, don't forget to let me know which picture you want to vote for. You can do this anonymously if you wish. Just remember you can't vote for yourself. Also I'm abstaining from voting. You can find all the entries on the third post on the first page.

Also, if there's anyone who'd rather not be pinged for contest related stuff just let me know and I'll make a note of it.

I like all the pictures so its definitely hard only voting for one but I'd like to give this month's vote to Rethelen's Brugmansia. Thank you!

Wanders frog is too cute, it has my vote

So it's been a while since I posted here, and I thought i'd make a Propagation post for Succulents. I just received a wide variety of leaves in the mail, for my birthday (Thanks, Sav! :D). To attempt to turn a leaf cutting of a succulent into a new plant is a fun little process, so I shall document how you do so in case anyone wants to try. :)

First, you need to get yourself some full leaves off of a Succulent plant. Not every Succulent can be Propagated, there are some that are Seed Only growable. Many, however, are. Once you have your leaves, you want to let them sit somewhere dry but sunny for a few days. This is so your leaf has time to callous over the cut end. If you do not do this, it's possible the leaf may rot from moisture.

Once you have left your leaf a little time to itself, you can now lay it out on some dirt. Be very careful not to overwater the leaves. Try spraying the soil with a spray bottle of water instead of actually pouring water, so as not to risk turning the leaves to mush. In time, your little leaf may sprout some roots! If the leaf grows some tiny new leaves, as well as it's own root system, before withering away, you will have yourself a tiny new plant!

When the 'mother leaf' withers away and begins to die out, your little sprout is now ready to be properly planted in a pot of it's own. I hope that was helpful. :)



Here are my little leaves all lined up in the tray. You'll notice one leaf I was already in the process of Propagating on the right-hand side, which has it's own little root system and tiny leaves growing. It's 'mother leaf' is starting to just get a bit worse for wear, which means it's nearly ready to go into it's own planting situation, but it needs to get a wee bit older first. Waiting gives the new plant enough time to start to form it's own stem and strengthen up for the task of standing on it's own. For this reason, leave the 'mother leaf' attached until it absolutely withers down to a husk for minimal risk of damage to the sprout.

Interesting and very informative post, Zelly!

We have quite a number of succulents in our garden and I have noticed previously that fallen leaves will often start to sprout roots and/or miniature versions of the plant so now I know why and how

I might have to start taking them a few of the dropped leaves to a separate area so they can be cared for better.

I'm going to post a little update to how my leaves from the propagation tray in the propagating guide are doing. :)

I now have 5 leaves who are developing their own little root systems, aside from the one who was already started and a bit older in the first post. Here you can see the little roots growing on the Kalanchoe:


In addition, my slightly older leaf cutting is now a few months old, i'd guess roughly two or three. As you can see, succulent propagation is a pretty slow process, but the plant has continued to grow, and has more tiny leaves than it did a few weeks ago: