I'm well aware that what I did was likely entirely wrong, pointless, and quite brutal to the plant — but I'm looking at this as more of a learning experiment lol...

0. Zone 4b, moderate household humidity, steady 70 degrees F.

1. Plant health was declining rapidly so I figured I'd do an inspection of it's roots as it was purchased off craigslist, and who knows what it could look like...

2. Aaaaand it had a girdled root that was never addressed + severe root rot.

3. Removed a good majority soil and threw away all of the children's toys that were entangled in its roots (yup, it was as disgusting as it sounds.)

Here's where that left me.. (also the only pic I took unfortunately)

4. It had some (what I think are) tertiary roots that appeared healthy (as seen in the bottom left), so I assumed it might have a modicum of vitality left in it...

5. Said "screw it" and went ahead and bare rooted it completely.

6. Kept the roots moist as I went along, untangled everything, and tried to keep as many secondary and tertiary roots as possible. About 50% of the roots seen above appeared healthy, so I kept what I could haha.

7. Trimmed about 50% of its foliage to accommodate for the lack of roots.

8. Took tip and stem cuttings from newer growth and placed them in perlite. Used rooting hormone and placed 2-3 nodes below, and 2 small leaves above. Tented them all and placed them about 10 feet away from an eastern facing window.

9. Threw away the old 16" pot and placed the parent back in a #5 container that held a 3:2:1 ratio of perlite, FF ocean forest, and black gold cactus/succulent mix. Now recovering about 10ft away from the same window.

Three weeks later, everyone is trucking along (seemingly) fine. The parent has some minor drooping in the larger leaves, 2 of which have fallen off completely, and the cuttings all appear to be holding on with minimal effects....

If the parent doesn't survive, I'm not too concerned, as all of this was entirely experimental.

Thoughts, feedback, roasts, questions, etc are all welcome.