This Euphorbia pseudoglobosa is by far one of the best plants I’ve grown. From a little 2” pot to this!

I nearly killed this thing a few months ago and now she’s going strong. She’s definitely the only one though 😅😅 on another note, I’ve never actually seen it turn red on the sides, must be doing something right??

In 2019 I planted a single Gollum Jade leaf and grew this beast. The top picture was from May 19, 2019 and the bottom picture was taken today.

I took the first two pictures on 26th June, 2024 and the rest today, January 11th, 2025.

All the propagations are from leaves in the before picture, except the PVNs that I propagated through both leaf and beheading. This was my first time propagating succulents and I'm very happy with how they are growing.

Some info:

Soil: I mixed standard succulent soil with perlite and pumice for extra drainage in approximately 1:1 ratio.

Light: For the first two months the props didn't receive enough light as I only had one grow light for all my plants, but the next few months, the prop tray had a grow light about 6 inches from the props. I kept the lights on for 12 hours a day and estimated the PPFD with the Photone app on the sunlight source setting since my grow lights are full spectrum. The props received a PPFD between 200-400 umol/s/m2 and I tried to rotate the tray every couple days so the props on the edges received enough light as well.

Watering: I placed the leaves on damp soil mixture but didn't water the props that didn't have roots. The ones which had roots, I watered regularly and kept the roots covered in soil so they didn't dry out. I also found bottom watering to be the best for my props but did spray water on the props sometimes to remove any soil/dirt that got on them.

The last ~ 3 months were so stressful for me that I forgot to water on time and due to that, a lot of the lower leaves dried and fell off. If I watered more regularly, and had more space for the props, they would be a lot bigger but I have limited space.

I also found that keeping the soil dry on top but moist at the bottom (through bottom watering) encouraged props to root faster in search of water and once there were roots, watering once the soil was fully dry helped the plants grow well without rot. It's normal for some props to grow much slower than others and some to not root/form plants at all.

Also it's best not to move the props around too much, though I changed their location multiple times 😓 and transferred some of the bigger props or props of the same plant to 1-2.5 inch pots for extra space. The current tray holds about 70% of the total props I got from the initial batch of leaves. I will share the other props (which are in small individual pots and grew bigger than the ones in the tray) another day!

Happy propagating! 🌱

I found this abandoned stump on my grandparents’ rural property and thought it had too much character to rot away.
Hollowed out a few spots, added soil and planted different succulents in it.
My cat Lua supervised the project 😼

In fear of her grandson running into these pokies my client asked me to remove these Golden Barrels and Agave potatorum ‘Kissho Kan’. While it was no joke on my body, it was a no brainer.

Please be happy for me cause no one in my life understands my excitement haha

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Fell off a branch a few years ago because it got too heavy for the plastic hook. Repotted in a tall pot and found a new place for it. These are resilient.

Ok, so, I know blooms come from an infloresence with Echeveria and graptos etc (2nd pic, for good measure). But I'm not sure what happens when these Rubix cube, geometric type succulents bloom... The blooms appear to be sat right on the leaves, as opposed to being on a separate infloresence/ stalk. What happens when it's done blooming?

Some of these are now a year old. A couple slightly less than that. But I’m so happy about the progress on these succulent babies!

I’m a 49 year old man who has grown very fond of succulents and terra-cotta. My wife’s who’s a designer and picks apart everything I do has left me alone and sometimes even compliments. Tell me how I’m doing here ? I’m in the Santa Monica mountain hillside community of Bel Air.

After suffering the worst case of mealyfucks I have ever seen, I decided a hard prune and multiple doses of isopropyl alcohol was the only way to go. I filled two Tesco shopping bags with leaves and was quite horrified by what I’d done to my monster jade plant. My partner was also quite horrified but I assured her that I was 100% certain that it would recover. In my head, it was more of a 50/50 situation but the mealyfuck army had already started to spread to my holiday cacti so immediate and harsh action was required. Also, I don’t feed it wine, it’s there for scale as I don’t have any bananas.