The mother leaf will often continue grow when very happy and may also continue to produce more sprouts if left in place. Some folks nip the tip of the mother leaf. I just let Nature take its course. Joanne

i am following the lazy route at the moment....just letting it do its thing. There are at least two sprouts in there and they are quite happy.

I once did a test on whether centre middle or outer row leaves would produce mouse ears faster. (Someone had said that the younger leaves were more vigorous). The outer leaf produced plantlets first, followed by the middle, and the centre leaf took it's sweet time growing larger, before finally producing offspring. It wasn't from the dead centre of the crown either, but still almost doubled in size before I chopped the tip off...

interesting experiment - good to know! So far I have only used outer leaves to try and grow new plants.

Thanks, Karin. I discovered something similar, too. joanne

Merkity, to prevent the mother leaf growing you should cut a leaf tip before planting.
Polina.