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Cactus Pup Cuttings

How to make a new cactus plant out of pups? Propagate 'em! Steps on how to!

What You’ll need

- Your preferred cacti or euphorbia to propagate
- Clean sheers or blade
- Pot with preferred well-draining medium
- Water

Instructions:

  1. Using clean and sanitized sheers or a blade (I am using my trusty Bloomscape pruners), make a clean cut at the base of the pup.

  2. Place the pup cutting in bright and indirect lit, dry spot. Let the new cut callous over, this should take a few days to a week.

3. Once it's calloused and healed over, place the end of the cutting into well-draining soil. Water thoroughly.

4. Aftercare: place in bright, indirect light and keep the soil moist until it establishes mature roots.

5. Keep an eye to see if roots have grown 2", this should take about 2-6 weeks.

6. Once rooted, water normally and place by preferred light situation. For desert plants, water only when soil is bone dry

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Before: My San Pedro cactus started growing Miley Cyrus buns and eventually grew 9”. I cut the pups to propagate them into their own pots.

After: Cactus pups in their new home.


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