A full record of potting up beheaded Aeonium cuttings

A while back my Aeonium leaf propagation failed. Aeonium leaf propagation really isn't easy, so I bought some beheaded Aeonium cuttings instead. Aeoniums don't seem to be worth much these days - 10 yuan actually got me nine beheaded cuttings.

So how do you pot up beheaded cuttings? There is a bit of technique to it.

If you are planting them in a flower pot, you can put some packing foam in the bottom of the pot.

You can start by filling in the base soil, keeping the base soil as close to the rim of the pot as possible.

Then use a succulent dibber to make a hole.

Plant the beheaded cutting in it and just straighten it up.

I made a DIY succulent wooden box. The wooden box has a fair bit of space, so it needs quite a lot of soil. You can put lichen in the bottom of the wooden box; it works as green manure and also saves soil.

Mix the succulent soil, spread it level in the wooden box, and use a succulent dibber to make the holes.

Then you can plant the beheaded Aeonium cuttings in.

You can spread fine sand on the surface to reduce contact between the beheaded cuttings and the soil; this lowers the chance of the beheaded cuttings getting infected.

Beheaded Aeonium cuttings can be potted up using the moist-soil method, because beheaded Aeonium cuttings lose water easily and need to be rehydrated.

If it is an Aeonium cutting you beheaded yourself, it needs to be left to dry until the wound heals.