Hi! I am posting because this morning my toddler got up and climbed up the cabinet and got my plant shears and chopped up my 6 yo succulent. I am pretty deviated and looking for advice to salvage as much of the plant as possible via propagation or otherwise. Any advice is appreciated on the best way to ensure success here. Cuts are mostly clean, photos for reference.
by AggieID17
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Just let the cuts heal and they’ll root again. Succulents are resilient.
The good news here is that these guys propagate really easily. Where it was cut on the main you’ll start to see new growth within a month or so 🙂
For the cuttings pick off the bottom few leaves let them dry out to callus over and stick them in soil they’ll grow roots and you have new plants! I am not usually so careful and stick them in the soil right away( this can lead to rot!) but I’ve never had any problems and I have propagated many jade varieties both ways
Your plant will be ok and come back stronger and fuller for the big chop it received
More cuttings = more plants!
Throw the whole toddler back
Well silver lining here, you get more plants out of it. Just let the bottoms of the stems dry out before you pot it up, and it should root easily, and lesson learned, keep those shears well out of reach, im sure you thought they were out of reach before now, but dont forget how resourceful a determined toddler can be, they have a habit of reaching things you thought would be impossible for them since they dont see it as inaccessible, they see a challenge
Tiny humans and plants can be fun. I try to look at it as them showing interest in your hobby. In a natural environment these plants get brushed and trampled by wild animals.
Bless your toddlers heart. Your toddler was grooming your plant for you. Thank goodness it wasn’t your toddler cutting their hair. At least it will grow back. Best wishes 🌵
Now you can gift all those plants. Let them callus over –
Plant them and gou have all new succullent!!
It’ll be fine! Just rotate the plant around so the ugly part faces the wall now. As someone else said, a good pruning can result in the cut parts branching off into two or sometimes even more new branches. That means a fuller plant eventually! Plus now you have a bunch of new plants once the cuttings callous over and start rooting. You could even put them in the same pot if you wanted.
I suggest taking the toddler back for a refund if the return period has not yet expired
Hardly massacred