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I have heard that once the mother plant creates these off shoots the mother plant dies. When do I propagate the babies? Do I just stick them in dirt? #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PropagationStation #PlantAddict #NEPAGregGang #GregGang

@Hoyaobsessed · Accepted Answer

@Araceae is exactly right !! Look I’ve got a huge one !! 8” pot and my momma plant has probably 100 or maybe more now… it’s dark outside right now or i would include a pic!! It’s big red and beautiful. I have shared some of the babies with friends!!! But every spring I repot and it just grows babies on top of babies!!! Never mind I had a pic in my camera roll!!!!!

@Araceae · Answer

Well that's the habit, but really you can leave them be. Eventually it'll form ine giga clump

@Araceae · Answer

If i'm being honest it's how i managed to keep a Haworthia alive for a solid 9 months lol. It just makes babies and babies as the mum dies. By the time the babies die, there's at least one to take their place 😂

@Hoyaobsessed · Answer

@Araceae honestly I have no clue where the mom is on my plant … she is buried and I’ve had this plant for many years

@Araceae · Answer

@Hoyaobsessed buried alive by her own kids 😱. What a tragic way to go 😔🪦

@Hoyaobsessed · Answer

@nellz4estfairyz with age yes.  Lots of light… spring thru fall it stays on my porch late afternoon sun … when I bring it in for winter it turns mostly two shades of green really fast … but then sun stresses pretty fast as well!!! It doesn’t have hardly any roots … it just mainly rests on top of the dirt. I have another type of this and it has one baby after 8 months …. lol

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