How to Propagate Zebra Succulent from Leaves

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There is nothing better than adding new baby plants to your garden and watching them grow.

There are many methods for propagating new Zebra succulents but propagation using the offset or ‘pup’ and using the leaf cutting are the most popular ones.

Propagation using the leaf cutting is moderately difficult in comparison to the propagation using the offset method. Why because gardeners usually see higher propagation success rate when offset is planted.

We recommend that you read our detailed post on How to Propagate Zebra Plant before you make a decision.

And read on to know how to propagate the Zebra succulent using a leaf cutting.

Propagate and plant the Aloe Vera from the broken leaf

Grab the following items to start the propgation –

  1. Gardening gloves
  2. Sharp and clean knife or a cutting tool
  3. Mini shovel
  4. Propagation soil
  5. Small planting pot
  6. Water can

Next, prepare a leaf cutting for the propagation.

  • Take a healthy Zebra succulent and cut a full leaf using a sharp clean knife such that some of the stem remains are with the detached leaf.
  • Now, let this leaf cut dry for 3-4 days which will make the leaf pest and disease resistant.
Abu Shawka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Take the leaf cutting to start the propagation and refer to our existing post to get the step by step procedure to propagate the Zebra succulent using the leaf cutting.

Do leave a comment and let us know how it all goes.

Conclusion

Carefully separated and well calloused leaf cuttings are essential for the success of Zebra succulent leaf cutting propagation method.

We assure that you will be able to propagate many baby plants in no time if you stick to all the tips and tricks we have mentioned in our article.

Green love to you all. Keep smiling. Ciao.

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