I obtained a small donkey tail in June/18. It was growing slowly but very healthy and put off one "side stem" (? don't know what it's called...). I took a risk because I wanted to attempt propagating from cutting. I just realized I cut from the parent plant rather than the new growth. The stem of the cutting was really soft ( put it directly in soil) so I pulled it out, cut the soft part and waited for it to callous over. But the lowest part of the stem kept getting soft. I now have cut it to as short as I think it will possibly be able to still root and be successful. I put it into soil (just today) and am thinking I should not water it...to prevent softening and *maybe* get the roots (that will hopefully grow..) to reach into the soil.

I have started a few plants from leaves (started in June/18). They did eventually grow some babies (maybe Oct/Nov/18), very very slowly, but there has been NO change in many months now. SO...I just put them onto dry soil and again, I'm thinking that I won't water them. Thinking the occasional spritzing they were getting is preventing the roots from wanting/needing to grow.

How fast/slow do the babies usually sprout from leaves and long to see them actually grow until it looks at least a little like a plant? The leaves without babies are anywhere from a few weeks until today.

Here are some photos.