Haworthia cooperi beheading tips: 1 fishing line and a few plastic pieces, ten heads in a row

Fishing line beheading method

1. Prepare size 3 fishing line, a plastic piece, a sharp small knife, and carbendazim powder.

2. Choose the head you want to cut off; it is best to leave 1-2 layers of leaves on the base, insert the plastic piece between the head to be cut off and the base, and be sure to insert it tightly.

3. Wrap the fishing line around the inner side of the plastic piece and tie a knot, making sure the fishing line reaches the deepest part of the leaves, otherwise the cut-off head may easily fall apart.

4. After carefully checking every leaf, hold the succulent with one hand and pull the fishing line tight with the other, give it a slight firm tug, and the succulent's head comes right off.

5. Use the small knife to cut away the bad leaves at the wound completely and dispose of them, then use a clean paper towel to wipe away the sap flowing from the wound.

6. Sprinkle carbendazim powder on the wound and keep it in a ventilated, shady place.

Why behead?

Not all succulents need beheading. Beheading is mostly done because the succulent has developed a disease, or has become leggy, or to make one succulent head turn into many heads. Of course, beheading is not limited to just one method~

Root rot and black rot

Root rot and black rot are among the most common ailments of succulents. Today Huahua will take the "king of black rot" - Echeveria 'Hercules' - as an example to explain how to behead and treat it after black rot.

1. Take the black-rotted succulent out of its pot, use a sterilized small knife to cut off the rotted roots and the black-rotted stem, keeping only the head.

2. Check the wound on the cut-off head. If there is still black rot, continue cutting until the wound is a healthy cross-section.

3. Find a bottle with a diameter smaller than the succulent, fill it with clean water, and place the cut-off succulent head on the bottle. Be careful not to let the cut surface touch the water surface; it is best to keep a distance of 2-3 cm.

4. Place the glass bottle on a windowsill with bright, indirect light and good ventilation. After about ten days, the water-propagated succulent will grow white roots.

5. Repot the rooted succulent. Do not use the previous soil, and the flower pot must also be sterilized.

Beheading for leggy growth

Insufficient light very easily causes succulents to become leggy, affecting their ornamental value, and at this point beheading is needed.

1. Wipe the prepared small knife with alcohol to sterilize it, then cut off the head of the leggy succulent. Leave the leggy stem at whatever height you prefer.

2. Apply carbendazim powder to the cut surface of the succulent and keep it in a cool, ventilated place.

3. Put the cut-off head in a cool, ventilated place to air-dry for 2-3 days, then gently bury it in soil. The burial depth only needs to be enough to keep the succulent from falling over, then keep it in a bright, indirect-light environment.

4. After about ten days, the succulent head will grow new roots, and new small heads will also grow on the leggy stem.

5. After 4-5 months, the small heads on the leggy stem grow larger.

Beheading for clustering

Many friends like succulents with lots of heads crowded together, a full pot of succulents. To achieve this shape from a single succulent, beheading is the simplest way.

1. Using the fishing line method, cut off the head of Echeveria 'Raspberry Ice', apply carbendazim powder to the cut surface, and keep it in a cool, ventilated place.

2. After air-drying the cut-off head for 2-3 days, place it in the original pot to root.

3. After about ten days, new heads will grow from the cut leaf core, and new small heads will also grow from the stem below the leaves.

Have you learned today's little knowledge about beheading succulents?

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