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I had no idea some succulents could do this. I mean, I knew you could easily propagate them from cuttings but I thought at least a small section of the stem/rhizome needed to be intact. This just happened by sheer accident after it broke off.

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[โ€“] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 17 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You have discovered why "proplifting" is a thing ๐Ÿคฃ

May your discovery yield you an abundance of free plants.

[โ€“] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 28 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'm already in deep trouble.

How it started:

How it's going:

And of course there are more out of frame in the same room, the kitchen, upstairs, on the front porch, the back porch... Send help.

[โ€“] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

Huh, I thought the people collecting hundreds of succulents in starfield were weird, but it turns out that's just how it be.

[โ€“] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

How are they multiplying the pots?

[โ€“] cybervseas@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

You just break off a little piece of the pot, make sure it includes a portion of the bottom, and put some soil in it. And patience! Growing a new pot for your succulent takes time โค๏ธโค๏ธ

Mind control I think. Fungi?

[โ€“] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

succulents do this all the time in the wild, so they can spread clonally, since pollination is quite far and few between in the desert. one of the kalanchoes does this so much it has become invasive.(mother of thousands)

[โ€“] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

mother of thousands

Nope. Nope nope nope. I looked that up and my trypophobia alarm went off.

[โ€“] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 weeks ago

i saw them growing in peoples front yards, they had to remove the plants because it would be producing so much plantlets.