Hey all, I’m rather new to propagating. I’ve had success with my jade plants but now I’m trying to propagate this “ET finger” and a few echeveria leaves Does this look like rotting or normal? Thanks!
“ET finger”? that’s also a Jade, a cultivar named “Ladyfingers” or maybe a Gollum.
The echeveria has the tip rot, i don’t think it gonna make it.
Funny-Health2587
The only time I’ve had good success propagating something like that was when I took a glass of water and put some cellophane over the top and cut a slice in it and put the piece hovering above the water. Takes a couple weeks but it forms a nice root. Make sure you use a rubber band or tape to keep the cellophane on
CarolCazabon
Some people say lay in down but mine never budge so I put them half way in the soil
Neither-Attention940
It does kinda look like it’s rotting
Was the leaf allowed to callous over before sitting on the soil?
My daughter has a similar kinda plant and she just sticks the end barely in the soil and that’s it. No damp paper towel or anything. Some have even fallen off and grew with zero assistance. 🤷🏻♀️
LunaBoo13
The big one looks like the growth point has rotted, so it probably won’t grow. Not sure about the other, it’s hard to tell in the picture. I like to just lay them on my sunniest windowsill until they have roots and baby leaves, then pop them onto some soil when I have a place to put them. Watering the leaves before they have roots just risks rotting them because they don’t actually have any way to absorb the water, so they just sit there wet.
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Try doing this on a paper towel 😉
“ET finger”? that’s also a Jade, a cultivar named “Ladyfingers” or maybe a Gollum.
The echeveria has the tip rot, i don’t think it gonna make it.
The only time I’ve had good success propagating something like that was when I took a glass of water and put some cellophane over the top and cut a slice in it and put the piece hovering above the water. Takes a couple weeks but it forms a nice root. Make sure you use a rubber band or tape to keep the cellophane on
Some people say lay in down but mine never budge so I put them half way in the soil
It does kinda look like it’s rotting
Was the leaf allowed to callous over before sitting on the soil?
My daughter has a similar kinda plant and she just sticks the end barely in the soil and that’s it. No damp paper towel or anything. Some have even fallen off and grew with zero assistance. 🤷🏻♀️
The big one looks like the growth point has rotted, so it probably won’t grow. Not sure about the other, it’s hard to tell in the picture. I like to just lay them on my sunniest windowsill until they have roots and baby leaves, then pop them onto some soil when I have a place to put them. Watering the leaves before they have roots just risks rotting them because they don’t actually have any way to absorb the water, so they just sit there wet.