The clippings I propagated from yesterday have dried out some, but not all of them have calloused over.  So, more drying before I'm going to place them in potting soil.  The two rosettes, however, have calloused over, and I've placed them in some potting soil in a small pot with another succulent I'm trying to "propagate" (but really, I'm just trying to save it after accidentally decapitating it).

The three clippings with roots have sprouted little pink baby "bumps"!  I'll post a picture tomorrow.  Today, I've spritzed them twice with a few pumps of water from a sprayer--once in the afternoon and once before bed.  I've been thinking about how I'm going to go about propagating all the clippings from yesterday, because there are quite a few of them (15+).  I think I've decided that instead of putting them in little individual black pots once they've started rooting, I'm going to put a cork plate into my terrabowl (purchased from Amazon for $10), put some potting soil on a plastic plate, and grow them in rows.  Even though I recently bought a longer (and larger) windowsill plant stand, there is no way I'm going to be able to fit 15+ little pots around that windowsill.  The terrabowl will be a good way of using space and I've been looking for a way to use it too!  This way, too, there will be a system of some kind.  I can draw a grid into the potting soil and keep track of the growth of propagates.

I've read that because Kalanchoes are winter flowering plants, to encourage blooms, I have to reduce the amount of sunlight it receives.  So, today, I've moved the plant to a less bright spot, and over time I'll start reducing the amount of sun it receives during the day by moving it into a closet for at least 11 hours.  There are a few buds, though!  They're small and green, and hopefully, if I don't botch this, they'll grow into new blooms!

My Peace Lily is starting to show some burning around the edges too, now that we have had to take down a larger tree in our backyard. More sun is definitely streaming into the window, so I'll have to keep an eye out and maybe move the peace lily to another window and maybe even the succulents too, if it gets to be too hot!

In other news, I went succulent shopping today and arranged a new little garden:



I'm happy with the way that it turned out!  I think it's got nice variety, color, and transition.  Contemplating whether I should put some smaller ones around the bigger ones though, to see if I can fill the space--but I'm holding out!  Maybe I'll get a whole bunch of new succys in a few months to put in!

I've never been a person who documents everything with photos or even really wrote in a diary.  Throughout most of my teenage years, I've started multiple blogs but have never really stuck with any of them.  I found it difficult to talk about myself--mostly because my life is relatively dull!  I thought maybe if I wrote about something that I found interesting, something I can tangibly document, this whole blogging experience might last more than a couple of posts.  So, here goes!

When I was finishing my graduate degree, I became really interested in flowers and plants.  Like everyone else who does gardening type things, I found the activity therapeutic during a stressful dissertation, and the blooms brightened up an impersonal space.  So, when I first came back to live at home, I bought this little planter and this Kalanchoe from the Home Depot:

I'm happy to say that they have both flourished and my little planter has since outgrown its little clay pot.  Some of the succulents now calls a red dish their home and have some new friends:

The Kalanchoe has bloomed:

However, because of less than ideal lighting situation throughout the winter, I have been left with two rather leggy Echeveria X Graptopetalum hybrids:

 

I hope to document my propagation process and keep records of how it went on this blog. 

So, tonight, I have removed some clippings from the leggy Echeveria and have left them to dry.

I'll update on their progress as I proceed with propagating them!  Hopefully, I'll get some cute little guys here in the next few months!  In the mean time, here is my house garden:

P.S.  My plant corner!  The maple sapling has grown about three inches in the last two weeks!

Until next time!