Leaves and Cuttings

I've been impatiently waiting for an order from Etsy (Dabri Plants, from Hungary), and it's finally arrived - yeah! The seller, Sabrina, very helpfully labels everything, and sends gifts - I got this cutting and a sticker - thanks 😁

The String of Tears (or String of Beads/Senecio herreianus) cutting unfortunately is almost dry, but I've put it in the pot with the rest of my cuttings and we'll see if it makes it. If it doesn't I'm not too bothered, because this isn't cat-friendly and I was avoiding it! Not that my cats eat any of my succulents, but better to be safe than sorry ...

I also bought a pack of 28 leaves, and only one didn't make the journey, but because it was a Sedum pachyphyllum, of which I have 7 babies growing nicely in a pot already, I wasn't too unhappy!

I'm using a muffin tin and an egg box for my leaf propagation. Oh, it was so good to have those labels  - thanks Sabrina! 😀 I wasn't sure if I was going to propagate in water or soil, but went for soil in the end because it was easier to keep the labels with the corresponding leaves. There are some varieties which were on my wish list - eg the Black Prince, Fred Ives and Cubic Frost, and there there are plenty more which I've never heard of. I even have a couple of Kalanchoe Tomentosa leaves, which although not on my wish list (not cat-friendly ...), is a beautiful plant. I hope I get lots of plants - fingers crossed.

And last, but certainly not least, I bought these two -

The one marked Echeveria Exotic is a Laui hybrid, and the other one is a Graptoveria A Grim One. They're both tiny! I've removed the dry leaf from the Laui, so that the little plant has a better chance of lying flat and growing lots of healthy roots! The Graptoveria is an unrooted cutting, and I'm not sure whether I should have got it to root in water first ...

All in all I'm very happy with the order. I'm also waiting for a String of Hearts plant from Sabrina, and I hope that arrives soon!

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I watered my succulents today ... Rather than taking all the plants to the bath, I put them in the laundry basket and blue tub and watered them in the craft room. I wish I had an outside space where I could have my succulents, and then I wouldn't have to be so careful with watering - ie getting water all over the floor. 

Hope my new Argos shelves arrive soon, because it's going to make things a little bit easier for me, because I won't have to keep moving the shelves to get at the plants, as well as it being much better for the plants - I'll have more room and they'll be able to get more light. And I have a few on the floor already as there's no more room on the wicker shelves.

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