I have had succulents grow from leaves that have fallen on the floor, they really will grow if you leave them be. Once the mother leave completely dies off and breaks away, you’ll find the baby to find you baby with its own roots. Just plop that baby into a small pot with its own succulent soil mix, water, and place in a sunny window.

Ignoring them is really the best advice! When I first tried propagating succulents I did a whole fancy arrangement, covered them, spritzed them... All of them failed. Once I started just ignoring them and letting leaves fall, it's been so easy to propagate 🤣

So I just need to not do anything?? Girl I might fck this up as well

it's like if introverts were to be plants they'd be succulents

I accidentally grew a tomato plant just by dropping a tomato out my window and never picking it up 😂

Found you a few months ago and never had a plant in my life. I absolutely love your videos and now I have 12 plants that I love to pieces. Thank you 💚

I love how they make a teeny tiny lil version of themselves. I dropped some leaves behind my plant stand and didnt realize it. I had failed to proprogate for years.. now I know. Neglect makes them grow!

how did you know i needed this video? 😭

I have stolen so many leaves from so many succulents at stores and they never grow lmao

that’s so cool and dangerous at the same time! my home will become a succulent forest soon 😅

I personally needed to water mine. Otherwise, they died or just never rooted or anything. but that's my own personal experience, and everyone's experience is different! I have heard a lot of people saying ignoring them is the best move, and if that works for you, then that is what you should do! but mine just dry out and die, or if they do hold onto life, they won't create more :') but if I water them a day or two after the dirt drys out, I'll get roots and babies SO damn quickly!! I got a tray with a bunch of sucks on it, and at first, I did ignore it, but like 3 months went by and not even a single root was growing on any of them. then i started watering them, and BAM in a matter of weeks a lot of them have finally rooted and started putting off babies!

DESERT HACK! I tried just leaving my leaves on soil and ignoring them but they failed when I did that... My solution was to drape a sheet of saran wrap on an upright stick and make a little tent over the terra cotta plate and spray like 2x/week. I live in a pretty much zero humidity climate, it helps preserve moisture! Now almost all my leaves make babies, I have soo many lil beefs

Wow I didn’t even know about this, I’m going to start looking for broken pieces of succulent leaves at home depot from now on 😂

Omg this is exactly the video I needed! Perhaps I've been loving them a little too much 😂

Yep I have like 20 of these growing in a take out container lol. Definitely forget about them otherwise you'll spiral thinking you're doing something wrong lol. Also don't water them after you pot them separately because they rot easily. Just let them grow bigger. Just spritz them once and leave lol.

Youd put this up at the perfect time for me as ive just started to propergate for the first time. I usually use cutting but im trying out the leaf propergation now 😊

I grow sedum at work, all the varieties, and they are like an in-between of succulents and grass... I mean, they're basically succulent grass. Point is, though, they are extremely prolific, or at least quick to take. They do better with the short droughts, and really, the dryness helps. Love the video!

Now this is something I can maybe manage 😂

The best propagating luck I have is the leaves I completely forget about!!! The ones I've wanted really really badly to propogate never do 😂😂

I appreciate this because for some reason, my succulents are the only thing I haven’t been able to keep alive yet!

I bought a plant like this and threw like 7 leaves away...I know better now

A million times, every single leaf just dries and shrivels up

Your voice and tone was very kind and personable/ welcoming. I don't know what succulents are but I am glad I watched. I wish you and others in pursuit of their goals a good tomorrow. Take care.

I just leave the leaves in the same pot as the mamas. I have a much of different stages growing in one pot. It’s cute!

Bruh, this is the reason why my friends 2nd greenhouse is JUST succulents.

I literally left my succulent leaves by the window. No soil, no water. And it grew babies😇

This popped up literally right when I needed it. Thanksssss

Such great advice and yet I was laughing the whole time. XD I LOVE your personality. Thank you for the help.

Struggle isn't even the word...but I'm willing to try again bc you have given me confidence.

I am currently trying to propagate succulents! I have several containers full of about 30 leaves. So far, I have one super tiny baby plant and one that is possibly a plant and possibly not, I can‘t quite tell yet. I sprayed some of the containers with water once but not all of them and now I am just ignoring them. They probably get enough moisture from the mother leaf. I‘m super excited where this will go and I can‘t wait for my little plants to grow so I can proudly show everyone I know my babies ☺️

@PlantswithKrystal THANK YOU for teaching this man!!!!!! 🙏

A useful short is a true rarity. Thanks for sharing!

Succulents truly are plants that's specifically built to troll you lol

I love that about gardening. Whenever I care for my plants, they die. But, I ignore them for a while? They THRIVE 😅

Good to know this makes propagation much easier. I haven't tried doing this yet

This plant is unbelievable. It grows roots EVERYWHERE. Maybe its the easiest plant to reproduce again and again and again

You made me love cactus and succulents 🌵😂🤗

Thank you! I need to hear this today😊

I agree, I have tried to propagate senicio and it didn't do anything for months... Until I gave up, didn't water it for weeks and weeks but forgot to throw it out. THEN the little thingies started throwing roots like the speed of light. Also, my best babies grow from leaves that broke off by accident compared to purposeful cut/broken off ones. Really interesting.

My neighbor gifted me a succulent plant this afternoon, definitely ready for repotting and thats gonna be my night

It helps to know how it propagates. Thanks for this video! Makes sense now.

Thank you for making me feel more confident with my plants... Especially my succulents & cactus... You reassure me that they will be okay... Don't TOTALLY ignore them... But, be assured that they'll be okay if I forget to water them for a bit... Appreciate the advice, always! Now, SHIMMY THAT SHOIL! LOL.

"leave it alone, forget you have it" perfectly describes succulents generally lol. my flaming Katy started reproducing on its own so now I'll probably have to give it a bigger pot

Mine struggled until I kept up with almost daily watering under the grow light. The ones I leave in an outside pot in a semi shade spot are doing ok too.

I just started this for the very first time after watching your videos. Thank you for being so thorough and having simple directions! ❤

Im starting to grow plants, im starting with marigolds!! Im glad to see another plant lover in this time 😁😁

I noticed spritz vs dripping water does better because the droplets are smaller and more easily absorbed by the tiny plants and their delicate little roots

Thank you 😢 I love succulents and cacti so much. I'm notoriously bad at taking care of plants, and I always thought that was my issue but a lot of these yt shorts by gardeners like you have come out to debunk a lot of things and it's just really cathartic ♡

Awww I badly need this video thanks❤️

The LOAD off my mind you just gifted me with this information is LIFE CHANGING. I thought the mother leaves depleting life = failure. WOW…starting FRESH tomorrow! Thank you, Krystal! 🫶🏼

I had no idea that the new ones just start as tiny clusters at the end of the old leaf, so cute!

Learned this the hard way. Always struggled with it till I forgotten about it and returned with them growing new babies

Man I have the same ones outside and they sprout like hell when I spritz them everyday . I guess every succulent is diff . These are actually the only succulents I can keep alive .

I absolutely love you Krystal can you give me some tips for Alocasia please !! Your my favourite plantmom 💖💖💖💖🌱🌱🌱

My crushes when I stop liking them 🥲

I love your narration. Your accent is cute 🥰

Finally, a care advise that suits my lifestyle and personal skills! 😅

Ok, ok, I hope this works. I just got a beautiful succulent this weekend. Baby knocked it down and a whole side of leaves fell off (it's Monday). I hope there's hope.

Yes! I love this method. Now I’m trying the water bottle method

I have NEVER been able to get any succulent leaves to propagate.. ever. And I do *exactly* this, every single time I’ve tried.. which has been a lot. I honestly didn’t even know how they should look once they should propagate until seeing this video! Lol You just have a beautiful, green thumb, Krystal!!💕

This is so perfect as I replant those tomorrow and you've made it super easy🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you I have subscribed to your Channel

I like your content... but I love your voice and how you talk about your plants more.

They leaves somehow turned themselves around in the pot too... what special plants!

I've been playing around with different ways to propagate succies. My favorite so far is using this boot shot glass filled with pebbles. leave it in the window with some sun and put a few drops of water in there. it stays nice and humid as the water evaporates upwards and encourages them to reach down real far with their roots. I've even been paying around with trying to see how long I can grow roots on one baby succy. its fun really!

This was helpful I’ve only had luck a few times

You give me hope! Actually, all the plants on my patio haven't been watered on purpose all winter. They are just fine. It's been a very wet winter in California.

My first mistake was thinking that propagating succulents was easy. I have failed everytime but I still have hope! I've successfully propagated some ivy though and it has re-invigorated my hope in doing the same with succulents 💜

My question is??? Can you do a video on when you plant ya babies?😂 I've learned to leave the mother leaf on as long as possible. But I usually lose mine between thus stage and the next

Im starting propagation on succulents that survived just about everything, to give my friend who adores plants. (These succulents were outside over winter in barely any soil, i live in a climate with mild winters tho, they turned purple and now back to green and prospering)

I was just complaining about my succulent leaves! thank you XOXO

I don’t even have to try an ignore them. I will forget I have them 😂. I have one plant that I forgot I had for almost about 2-3 months or longer and it’s still here I also have been keeping it alive for 5 years and it made a little baby too.

Love this !

Some of my best babies come from leaves I've dropped or tossed in another pot!

you could even do this in a shallow dish of water. succulents are amazing!

I grew my succulent props like regular props and they rooted so fast the mother leaves wont even wilt lmao

thank you for sharing😍

this is so true. i went to water my succulents the other day for the first time in a while and i noticed one had dropped a leaf and it had propagated on its own not even in soil!

Why do I feel so bad for the seed when you said ignore it 💀🤧😭

I struggle with having too fucking many props, running out of pots and good soil, and then watching 3/4 of em dry out on a plate in my windowsill

I have several succulent propagations going and aside from a few duds, the majority have really taken and grown a lot! But it’s weird, I only had one where the main leaf shriveled up like the ones you show here, so I easily pinched it off- like with no force or damage, it was dead and gone and ready. And THAT growth has since died! It was in slightly different conditions, borrowing a lil pot space from a plant with room and similar needs, hadn’t actually grown as much as its outside fam, but mostly kept inside (although even the outside succulents are still in a north facing window/indirect light). Anyway, I have several lil pots & containers with my many succulent propagations on the outside windowsill, everything left at this point has taken, rooted and grown quite a bit, but the leaves they started from have not shriveled up at all like yours yet, they just seem like…part of the new plant lol. I have spray bottle watered them because they dry out SO MUCH outside (FL) although I also leave them dry bc they’re succulents… but maybe the watering has kept everything including the initial propagation leaf nice and plump? Idk they’re just fun.

Yes! I tried to propagate succulents for soooo long. Then one day after dropping some pieces while repotting I found some whole plants a few months later. Then I learned all you gotta do is *fagetaboutit*

"That mother leaf will get sucked dry to make that new baby" 💀

I bought a very leggy succulent on clearance at the end of summer last year. I attempted to propagate over the fall/winter months with no luck. Sure enough after the coldest days were over I put it outside. A bunch of leaves fell off and I left them alone now I have over a dozen that propagated themselves.

In my experience, I find watering succulent leaves every 2-3 days helps them to grow much faster. 😄 Once they are outgrowing their place, I repot, and start watering them twice per week to acclimate, and eventually water only every other week, or as necessary. (once the leaves are looking a li'l too tender)

I'm gonna try this now thanks

I literally had a small cactus piece that I picked up and had forgotten about sitting in a paper cup in the car in the garage for like a month And it still propagated!

If propagation hinders, increase your odds. Add extra seeds, roots, or succulent leaves and then thin out later.

I had a leaf drop onto my carpet and it actually had the best roots I've ever gotten off of a succulent leaf

I love this thank you! Been trying to do this for a few months with little success. ❤

Ohhhhhhhh mine always due, I thought they needed watering and stuff. Will try this way now

you said it. when i cut my succulents i just throw all the leaves in a container, one spray, check in a month. boom, new plants. propagation is so helpful once you gain the confidence to start just chopping everything up.

That's why I love me some succulents. I throw them on the ground and they grow.

Makes sense! They had to propagate somehow in the wild

Love this! Your exactly right

I used to grab a leaf from the neighbours succulents then stick it in the dirt, many bbys were born

Thank you for this video

I propagated about 20 leaves in water (not touching it) and only 1 of them failed. I'm scared of just soil propagation now :D

Can you make a video about your grow lights? All the info! 😂😊

Girl YAASSS!!!❤

THANK YOUUU