Gardening :: Growing Baby Succulents

Succulents just might be my all-time favorite plant!  Some reasons include the fact that they don’t need a lot of attention or water.  In fact, they tend to do better if you just leave them alone!  Now that is an easy plant to have around.  But I can’t help but admire when a new flower comes out of a succulent I’ve had for awhile that I didn’t even know flowered!  That is always a nice surprise.  Which brings me to something I want to share with you lovely dandelion moms and dads – you can grow a baby succulent – without any soil!

I found this out by accident a few years back, when one of my plants round leaf fell off.  Not thinking much about it, I put it back into the soil and went on my way.  A few weeks later, I was super surprised to see that this leaf was growing a baby succulent on the end the leaf – at the point that connects to the plant.  Wow!  How cool is that?!  Since then, I never throw out the leaves that fall off knowing they will regrow.  There are some really cute mini planters out there that are just waiting for you to plant something cool in them!

Let’s start!  If you have some sucullents – take off a leave from the bottom of the plant so it isn’t as noticeable to see.  Put this leaf back into the planter where he/she will get some sun.  You really don’t need to worry about putting the tip into the soil since the baby succulent gets all its nutrients from the leaf.  But if you can, go ahead and put it in the soil like I did above. Now leave it alone.  Just water your succulents as often as you usually do – which shouldn’t be often – and wait for it to grow.

Once you have the size you want – find a planter you might have around the house or check out the mini planters they have online.  Check out Amazon for some cool ones like this modern tray.

Or these adorable mini animal planters.  The kids would love these!

This wooden one would be make a really cute gift!  Make sure to use cactus soil and plant away!  You can add some white rock on top to finish the look.

You really never have to buy another succulent again – just keep growing new ones and have fun with it!  Our little guy is sitting up on our mantle for the time being.  Enjoy!