One of my cats knocked over my 4 year old burros tail, and now this is all that’s left. I was so sad when I came home and saw all the pods on the floor. I salvaged what I could and decided to place the loose pods in a new pot in the sun. Anyone have advice on how I can start to grow back my plant? I know it’s going to take a while, but am I propagating this correctly?
Any advice appreciated. No treats for the cat this week too
by samanthailliana
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That’s pretty much all you can do for now, don’t water them until they produce at least roots, most people would say wait until the parent leaf has shrivelled up. If you do water them, it only needs to be a sparing spritz once a week at most.
When you’re ready to pot them up get them into a smaller pot so that roots aren’t overwhelmed with soil, and make sure that soil is !gritty! The “pods” hold on tighter if the plant is thirsty because the plant can use them for moisture and energy stores.
Also, summoning the !beginner so you can refresh on the other basics of succulent care if you need to.
It can be a mixed bag of results, but from what I’ve read in this thread and from personal experience: just leave the pot of loose pods alone and give them plenty of light. No extra watering or misting should be necessary. You should see roots starting to form in a couple of weeks.
Best of luck to you!
Congrats. You’re about to have a stable full of burros.
It looks like your original plant was potted in really organic soil. I highly recommend repotting into so.ethjng like Bonsai Jack’s Gritty Mix. You’ll get much healthier roots for a succulent.
Good luck! So many new plants incoming!
It’s gonna be slow. I had like 50 and put them in a pot laying like yours. I tried to poke the ends a little into the soil
I gave them a ton of light and now they’re all little baby burros tails! Very high success rate every single one rooted
I would give them a light watering every week or so but that might not have been necessary