Propagation: Plant Propagation New Year , 1 by oxdriftgardener

oxdriftgardener wrote:
Hi Phoenix. All of the succulents in this photo were started as leaf cuttings lying on top of the soil just like your sedums. I started them in the greenhouse last April or May. They have never been outside yet. After i shut down the greenhouse they spent the rest of the summer under a fluorescent light in my wife\'s laundry room and since I brought all my other succulents inside last fall they have been on a plant stand with lights in a spare bedroom/plant nursery in the basement. The lights on that stand are new ones that I purchased at Costco last fall.They are very different. They are LED grow lights from Innova Lighting. They have both red and blue lights operated on separate switches, so you can operate with only red, only blue or both. I have had both on all winter and am very happy with how the succulents are doing but the coleus not so good.
If you look close you can still see the original leaf on a lot of them and they are kind of standing upright. They were laying flat until I potted them up last fall. There are still 2 that have no new leaves. They have strong roots so I am not giving up on them yet.
I have a very large collection of succulents and we live in Zone2/3 so everything has to be brought in for the winter.
Originally I was bringing everything in as stem cuttings and I have just recently been experimenting with the leaf cuttings. It is a low process but I have gotten some very nice plants that way. I find with the Echeverias you get a lot of double and triple rosettes that way which is really nice
Enjoy
Keith