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leaf stems full of water

15 years ago

I posted earlier about trying the leaf cutting, I had another thought, when I cut the leaf off from the mother plant I noticed it had a lot of water/liguid in the stem. Not mushy, more crisp. it kinda made a faint popping noise when I cut it and I could tell it was very firm, is this how they are supposed to be? They have a nice color and are healthy looking, but it is a fairly new plant. Thanks to any and all comments.

Comments (2)

bspofford
15 years ago
Yes, crisp is good!

Barbara
Christine
15 years ago
No worries maidinmontana. Crisp is good. It sounds like you have a young plant. However, if the leaf was a tough one on the last row of an older mature plant, it can take a LONG time for it to produce babies and you might want to select a younger leaf. The first leaves I set were old outer ones that I cut off when repotting. It took over a YEAR for babies to come. Arghhh! It's best (with MUCH faster results) to propagate using a healthy leaf from the second or third row: the younger ones are too immature and the older ones are too worn out. Good luck and let us know when you see the babies.
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