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Whether you are growing succulents & cacti indoors or outdoors, it’s really important to learn how to care for succulents and some very important Do’s and Don’ts. Let us find out how not to kill your succulents and how to keep them healthy and happy.
30 to 40% of Garden Soil, 30 to 40% Sand, 10% to 20% pebbles or some small coarse rocks or pumice or perlite if available, 10 to 20% Compost like cowdung or vermicompost, Optionally you can add some 10% Charcoal – small pieces. Do not use cocopeat for succulents especially if you grow them indoors or keep them under indirect sunlight, because it can retain water and might result in mold and rot due to water retention.
The Second method is Propagating from Leaves: Yes, you can grow succulents from a single leaf. Just remove an actively growing healthy leaf from a mature succulent plant. Make sure you strip from the base, taking out the entire leaf. Leave this to air dry for 2 days and then just place it superficially over the soil. You should see a tiny plant popping out of this leaf with formation of tiny roots.
The Third Method is from Offsets or Babies, which are produced from the mother plant like aloe versa, haworthias and echeverias. Most of the succulents produce these babies which can be separated from the mother plant and planted independently.
The Fourth Method is growing from seeds: This is the slowest method to grow succulents. But if you have the time and patience, give it a try! Seeds of mature plants are located in the seed pod produced after flowering. The seeds can be collected from the pods and planted in a clean seed sowing mix or sand.
]]>Well, The name itself sounds so interesting – The Mother of Millions and the Mother of Thousands. These are two different succulent plants and both belong to the same Crassulaceae family and genus Kalanchoe. They are actually considered as Toxic weeds by many, but they are really beautiful ornamental plants if grown with caution, like keeping them away from pets and children. All parts of these plants are poisonous and contain a very toxic steroid known as daigremontianin.
The Botanical name of Mother of Thousands is Bryophyllum or kalanchoe daigremontianum, also called alligator plant, or Mexican hat plant. By seeing this clip, You can easily understand why its called Alligator plant and Mexican hat plant. Sometime its also known as devil’s backbone, though another plant called pedilanthus or the zig zag plant is known as devils backbone.
Now, the mother of millions which is botanically Bryophyllum or kalanchoe tubiflorum. Also known as chandelier plant.
The basic difference between these two is:
These plantlets are literally miniature plants. They are already growing and performing photosynthesis, while still attached to their mother. Most even produce roots in addition to their leaves like the one you see in this clip. They eventually fall on the ground and grow as independent plants by this natural process. That’s a huge advantage for these plants, because regular plants have to grow or propagate from seeds by natures process!
Care tips and propagation techniques, which are common for both these plants:
They are easy to grow succulents, and actually they are very much loved by beginners, because they do not require much care. The care is just like any other succulent plant.
Propagation: As I have discussed earlier, It is able to propagate vegetatively from miniature plantlets that develop on its leaf margins. This is unique method of propagation of this plant. But this plant also develops flowers and can be propagated via seeds.
Now One Simple hack for this plant: Actually if the plantlets are seen on this plant, it indicates that the plant is healthy and you can separate these plantlets carefully, preferably if roots have developed and then just place them in soil and each plantlet will develop into a new plant. And if there are no plantlets, you can still propagate multiple plants by cutting a mature leaf and half burying it in the soil. Actually in nature, this plant sheds its leaf not able to bear its weight and this develops plantlets and the propagation proceeds.
So, there we have it folks, that was about these interesting succulent plants.
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