PLANT MAIL TIME WOO! Here’s a fun and fast unboxing video featuring plants from Desert Bloom Nursery in the Texas Rio Grande Valley! ( https://desertbloomnursery.com )
I also show you the end results of how I chose to pot them up.
Potting water-rooted succulents in soil
Ready to move your water rooted succulents to soil? Here’s how! Demonstrating with a Kalanchoe beharensis (variegated).
Continue reading “Potting water-rooted succulents in soil”6-month succulent propagation update
It’s been 6 months since we started a batch of Graptopetalum paraguayense leaves and they’re doing great! Check out the progress of these lovely little variegated champion growers.
Continue reading “6-month succulent propagation update”Plant mail time! First succulent unboxing after the freeze
This is the first round of plants I’ve got since the freeze (besides one other cactus) and I’m really excited to open them with y’all! Thank you to my mystery friend who sent me the gift certificate which gave me a gentle shove to get more succulents after feeling so bummed about those that I lost.
Continue reading “Plant mail time! First succulent unboxing after the freeze”Last Sucs for You video of 2020!
We’re pruning the Ibervillea lindheimeri for a fresh start to 2021 and experimenting with some new plants!
Continue reading “Last Sucs for You video of 2020!”Harvesting more seeds from Dorstenia bahiensis
My Dorstenia bahiensis has already made more seeds! I noticed several had already popped in the window sill so I covered the flower with my trusty old silver sock 😅 Let’s see how many more seeds it gave me in this ‘unsocking’ video 🎁🙏
Continue reading “Harvesting more seeds from Dorstenia bahiensis”Potting up succulent leaf propagations…what happens next
In this 11 week update video we finally get to pot up some succulent leaf propagations! (Demonstrating with Graptopetalum paraguayense) I also show you a couple of neat ways some of my other plants propagate. Read on for care tips!
Continue reading “Potting up succulent leaf propagations…what happens next”Part 2 – It Popped! (Part 1 – Weird and Wonderful Flowers: Harvesting Dorstenia bahiensis seeds)
About an hour after I made the last video, I went to check on the flower and saw one last seed… I finally got footage of it popping!
Continue reading “Part 2 – It Popped! (Part 1 – Weird and Wonderful Flowers: Harvesting Dorstenia bahiensis seeds)”Weird and Wonderful Flowers: Harvesting Dorstenia bahiensis seeds
Watch the seed pop in Part 2 here
Dorstenia bahiensis: Not only has this strange yet beautiful plant has given me a lot of joy since I brought it home earlier this month, it’s already giving me seeds! Dorstenias have a very interesting way of distributing their seeds… they SHOOT them out with a small but audible POP!
Repotting one of my favorite succulents: Haworthia limifolia ‘Fairy’s Washboard’
I’m finally getting around to repotting one of my favorite succulents – a Haworthia limifolia I purchased from IKEA back in 2015. I’ll show you how I repot her, and you’ll get to see what’s been happening down in the pot. (Hint: She has at least one baby! 😉)
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