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Hi, this is Yolanda Vanveen from vanveenbulbs.com. In this segment we're going to learn how to
propagate succulents from cuttings or how to propagate succulent cuttings and it's so
simple and so easy because you really don't need to propagate them, they really just propagate
themselves. Succulents are some of my favorite plants because they almost just make a ground
cover, they just multiple and multiple and they're great for little areas next to the
house or some place where you can really let them grow. So, when you propagate them, or
when you divide them out, it's pretty simple. You don't really need a knife or a fork or
any kind of special equipment, I kind of just dig a little space out. So, right now, I've
got a whole new plant and you'll see that there's a root to it so, basically, I am propagating
from cuttings but I'm not even cutting, I'm just pulling them out. So, I can turn around
and just plant that little piece of plant right into another area and it will take over
very quickly. It's very easy to do, there's all different varieties and even these larger
types of succulents, kind of just pull them out and separate them from the others and
I just kind of keep letting them multiple. Even these that have a little bit more of
a stem or a root, as long as you cover that root up, it's another easy way to do it, they
will start growing on their own. With succulents, it's kind of survival of the fittest, I just
kind of plant a few and let them go. I would consider this a succulent cutting because
I've actually kind of got a stem that's got a lot of starts on it so to propagate it,
I could even break it into pieces and put it right into a container or the ground or
I can set it right back into the ground, where I had others, just to make it fill in a little
better. Pretty much just cover that rooted area but leave the plant itself, the foliage,
exposed. As long as the root is covered up by some dirt, it will propagate. The thing
about this bed, that I love, is that in the Fall it starts raining and there's deciduous
trees above, so in the Summertime I have to water it but in the Wintertime, I don't water
at all and my succulents have succeeded very well and I've got them all over the house,
now, in containers and they're so easy to propagate.