Yep, stem cuttings for Senecios.

( And Garrett, just so you know, the plural of genus is genera...)

Oh ok thank you! If you have any tips for care they would be great!!

Could you propagate the crassula ovata "gollum" by the leaves or stem?

Hi,

You can propagate it by either. Simply plucking off the leaf cleanly will give it an opportunity to make it a new baby on the leaf end. Adding a little bit of stem with the leaf would have the same effect, but then the chance of a baby growing out of the stem is then diminished.

ct

not sure if I understand: ..."Adding a little bit of stem with the leaf would have the same effect, but then the chance of a baby growing out of the stem is then diminished"...

Rina, I think ctnutmegger means that if you pluck a leaf off of a mother stem, with a bit of stem still attached to the leaf, the place on the mother stem where the leaf was plucked off will not grow a new baby succulent. That's just what I got from it so correct me if I'm wrong!

I think ctnutmegger meant that the chance of a new sproutlet growing out of the original stem is reduced if you also take a little chunk of stem tissue when you remove a leaf for propagation.

Ha! Typing at the same time!

Haha!!! How funny!!!!

At least we didn't give conflicting answers!

Well, I guessed that too but would like to hear that's what ct meant.

Hi,

Both of you are correct. If you take a bit of the stem on the leaf cutting, a baby could possibly grow out of the cutting, but not on the stem where the cutting was plucked off.

I never checked that so wouldn't know. But very often, I see branches sprout from a 'scar' left by pruning - so wouldn't that be the same thing?

Rina and I are talking about two different things; to avoid confusing people I deleted what I had written here :)

Maybe I don't quite understand.

Stem cutting taken from this Gollum; new branch growing from the same spot:

Ah yes, I understand now what you are saying. You would be correct then, I keep forgetting crassulaceae are different from other plants, lol.

There is meristematic tissue at each node of jades, so it would make sense that they could grow an offset even if a stem cutting was made.

Rina,

I have one question that is a bit off topic but in your pictures you just posted, your plant's stump looks a bit like the trunk of a tree if that makes any sense? My gollums just have the more green, plant like stump. My question is did you do anything special to get your stump more "wood-like"?thanks!!!

Nika

It is 'just the age' :) As trunks mature, they get brownish and almost bark-like. I prefer growing jades with thick/fat trunks, so they are looking more like trees. I keep it in very well draining mix, and in full when outside (approx. end of May 'till Nov or so). If they grow in low light, they will grow taller but also skinnier and, IMO, weaker.

The Gollum above started like this when I bought it in 2012:

Whole plant in July 2016:

I grew couple of plants from leaves as you were asking above:

Don't know if you are reading this, Rina, but one of my leaves have sprouted a baby too!!!!