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An accidental one from me, the crown of this H. attenuata cultivar has rotted for reasons unknown to me, but the plant threw, I think, 4 new shoots (one's at the back) and has been happily growing like that for the past half a year or so.

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Following the theme of 'beheading' plants to encourage propagation, here is my example from my Propagation Talk of the best way to propagate Gasteria rawlinsonii, notoriously difficult to propagate from just leaves:

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Tony, how large was the "head" to safely root it afterwards? I need to attack my G. rawlinsonii and get some backup plants.
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MatDz wrote: Tue Jul 02, 2024 1:23 pm Tony, how large was the "head" to safely root it afterwards? I need to attack my G. rawlinsonii and get some backup plants.
The total arm was about 20 leaves, which I cut into 4 sections each with 5 leaves; the "head" and the 3 other sections all rooted perfectly.
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Update on propagtion.
This is how they are progressing:-
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Last years propagation,looking like this today.
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Hoping for some aloe seeds
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