Found some little succulent cuttings in my garden either starting to form little roots or new babies..

Just using an oyster shell I saved from New Year and repurposing this green pencil holder, putting it inside a used plastic solo cup with a hole below for drainage, it will also catch some loose soil from the main container.





Will update later if the cuttings like it

Cool! I would only be concerned about salts if it were a salt-water oyster shell, but otherwise I think it's a great little planter!

So interesting...and then you put it into the green thing and then into the see-thru thing and ....it looks even more interesting! I like it...thanks for sharing.

Really nice!! it looks like its from your "hobbit"??

She has lots of cool plant hobbits.

it's a hobbit's world

Cool.
Stush

Cool Tarev,You come up with the coolest idea's!! You definitely are an example of making gardening fun!

I was on here to ask what to do now but i'm not going to hi-jack your thread but please look at mine.I really listen to your advice as well as the other regulars,if it wasn't for yall i may not be asking what to do next. I've gotten this far with my propagation,I need some more advice.

Looks great!

Just another leaf cutting, this time from my jade plant.

I started this last 24Jan2013 -indoors: just laying it on top of the soil mix; had the leaf end callus first, last photo shows the callus much better:


Then I brought it outdoors in late Feb, it made its new growth faster once getting direct sun, and nice to see it turn reddish as well:
These photos taken on 27Mar2013


I saw that on this planter area, there was another leaf that has fallen earlier on and it is also making its new growth, it fell on the shady side of the planter:


And more recent photos taken on 03Apr2013: pretty much same status, but the reddish hue is gradually diminishing now as warmer weather has already started to return this Spring.




It is so cute to watch them grow from leaves

That is cute!! They're growing so fast!!

And just another update of my other little project:

Photo taken yesterday 08Apr2013:


Little ones plumping up good, just some slow growing
So far it it has been growing by my west facing window by the sink, but the plants facing indoors, I think I can let it face towards the window now, so it can get a little more direct light. Will update again later on as it goes.

Hooray!

Thanks Greg

Tarev, nice new avatar!!!! What is that mix made of you have the jades in? Do you mix it or buy it?

Can't wait to see how they look by the end of the summer.

Hi Jelinda! Thanks

The mix for that jade succulent in the smaller container is akadama, kanuma and some lava rock. I buy them in little baggies from a Japanese garden shop in San Francisco and then I mix them up. The jade cutting in the bigger planter area is just using cactus soil with some perlite.

Jojoe - don't feel bad if you've never heard of either of those! I just busted out laughing imagining you reading that! Tarev, I wonder if either of those words are japanese for "chicken grit" (kidding!)

You are so funny Greg That japanese garden shop actually specializes in bonsai, and they use those for their bonsai. I looked at the texture of the soil and figured it will be good for the succulents. I like it most that when watered the soil gets darker or the other gets yellow colored, so once they turn brown and the other white, I can visually tell the soil has gone dry.