First 3 pics are from Sept 7th 2025, the 4th is from Nov 30th 2024 (when I started the propagation) and the 5th is from Jan 5th 2025 (when I saw the first signs of growth!)
6th pic is what I managed to save from a 2in pot of turtles I bought off Etsy in March 2024 (wish I had taken a photo of what it looked like when I opened the package 😖 it was BAD)
I had always wanted some turtles since I love my string of hearts dearly but when it arrived it was half dead and dying of thirst. After literal plant surgery to save the small amount of vines that were barely clinging to life (all the leaves were all completely flat)
I kept the salvaged turtles on an enclosed glass shelf but they never seemed very happy, alive yes but not thriving. (Little to no new growth) Eventually they started to shrivel up and tried to die on me again so that’s when I decided to propagate the leaves and I’m so freaking glad I did!! Look at her go!💚💚
by PassengerFew5988
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i’ve always wanted to use that 😂 it’s beautiful! and obviously very happy with all those flowers. i am extremely jealous lol i want all of the strings of things
Omg looks like turtles. 😆
Are they related to pearls plant?
Very nice job on the rescue!
Great job! I bought a pot last year and it came home with root rot… After a bit of a struggle with keeping it going I found that it enjoyed the humidity in the bathroom, and that’s where it’s been since. The longest strand is now almost touching the windowsill.
So if anybody else is struggling with theirs, maybe increasing the humidity might help
I saw one of these 2 years ago and I still regret not buying it! 😭
Such a happy bunch of turtles! Would you be willing to describe your soil mix and care routine? I worry that I didn’t quite nail the soil ratio for mine.
Wow. Impressive!
I got some advice on here a while back from this subreddit That really went well for me with these guys: they _need_ to be propagated and started back over every other year or so. You can tell when the turtles close to the soil are really dull or yellowish color wise But the plant looks really healthy despite that.
You can basically take the whole plant. Chop the vines up into individual little pieces. Toss it on new soil and you will have the happiest version of your plant like 4 months later.
If it stresses you have to do the whole plant that way just pick the prettiest of some of the new Vines that you’ve got and try it with a few of those.
Also be warned they flower when they’re happy AND They also flower when they’re stressed. Some real Mixed signal little guys.
That looks amazing. Sorry for the dumb question but do you just pluck the leaves off for propagation, or did you snip them off to leave a little root on each side?