hi thanks. it is slimy/slippery. I change water once a week. it has been in water like this for about 2 weeks. Last time i added few drops of peroxide too.

it is crassula ovata. it is a nice developed branch that broke (by mechanical force) so i wanted to save the plant.

Is this Dracaena?

@Tiffany its crassula ovata or jade tree

Please...do not torture your crassula by trying to root it in water. I know some ppl do, but it isn't good practice to root succulents in water. They do not need all that extra moisture and will rot more often than not. Jades are so easy to root, there is no need to use water at all. Many succulents will grow roots without any soil/potting substrate at all. Here are some examples:

These are waiting to be potted:

cuttings growing roots:

All of these were just jade branch cuttings, left to callus for few days:

They were stuck in very gritty and dry mix and left to grow:

They were outside all summer long:Remember: succulents - no roots, no water...

rina_Ontario so should i leave it in the open? air is very dry here.. how to root them?

I would take it out of water immediately and cut off all that is soft-mushy-rotting. You need to make sure remaining stem is healthy.

Let it air dry, out of direct sunlight but somewhere with good air circulation. (Jade branches can be left like that for months...) Let it callus for few days - until cut end looks like this:

Hopefully it doesn't keep rotting. If it does, keep cutting off thin slices until you get rid of infected/rotting tissue. Prepare mix that drains well. If you have to use soil, mix in at least half of volume of coarse perlite. Or pumice. I don't know what you have available...After few days, stick it in a dry mix and do not water. After a while, roots should start growing and anchoring plant in the mix. It could take couple of weeks, or it could take longer for roots to start developing. Be patient. Once roots have grown, start watering.

Dry air is OK, these are plants that do not live in wet & humid conditions.

thank you very much. helpful.

i have done that.

i have left it to dry. and placed in sand with very little water. like few drops once in a while.

the leafs started to wrinkle and dry out...

and it did not produce roots.

i also noticed it developing air roots, if i provide humidity will they thrive?

Sorry, but sand is not good to use, don't know where you got that idea. You need to leave things alone & allow them TIME & PATIENCE. It doesn't happen overnight, or if you keep moving it around.

Guess you missed: no roots, no water, not even little drops.

Karen and rina have given you more than you can get in any book. rina gave you perfect direction. For me, my first rooting attempt was the laying on a plate and waiting for roots. It was painfully slow. . Rooting in a medium was much more successful for some reason. Allow two weeks or two months or more The biggest tip of all with these is as Karen said.

TIME & PATIENCE

thanks all i really dont know succulents

Plants evolve to have succulent leaves as a water conserving mechanism because most grow where they are subject to drought or other harsh conditions like salt. If you keep that in mind it will help you to ‘think like your plants’ which is a key to successful care. In their natural homes they have learned to reproduce themselves in low water conditions so you just need to follow their lead.