I got a cutting of Dranog's Blood Sedum succulent plant on May 13th.
The cutting has a couple of small branches.
And most interestingly, there are small roots growing next to the top branch.
Use a sharp blade to remove the bottom leaves and the very small bottom branch.
I just need a couple of centimeters long, clean stem at the bottom to put in water.
Put the cutting in a piece of drinking straw, and it all goes in a small plastic cup filled with water.
Let's see how long it would take for the cutting to develop new roots.
You can see here some of my other already-rooted succulents growing in this aquarium garden.
Four days later on May 17th, I noticed a new, about 5 millimeters long, white root growing.
Here you can see the cutting about 3 weeks since I put it in the water.
June 28th.
All branches have grown noticeably in the past 2 months.
A couple of bottom leaves wilted submerged in water.
The main branch is about 11 cm long, and the roots are about 4 cm long.
All branches look healthy and strong.
I use scissors to cut off the smaller two branches.
Let's clean up the main cutting.
So, this cutting has about 4 cm long roots and a long enough stem to fit in my aquarium planter.
The smaller cuttings go back into the cup to grow more.
And the big cutting goes in a new planter I made here.
Check my videos about different planters I made to grow terrestrial plants with roots in water.
Make sure the roots of the plant stay in the water.
And the water level should always be below the bottom part of the planter.
It took me two months to prepare this cutting for growing it in this aquarium.
I put the smaller cuttings on a windowsill to check how direct sunlight would affect them.
The water evaporates from the cup in a matter of one hot day, and the smallest cutting dries out.
One month later on July 24th.
The second cutting has about 3cm long roots, and the stem is long enough to put the plant into this aquarium planter.
This is succulents aquarium garden :)
All my aquarium gardens get only indirect natural light coming from the window.
August 2nd.
The first cutting looks strong and long enough to make a new cutting from it.
I cut off the top part, leaving 3 sets of leaves on the bottom part.
Now, let's remove the bottom leaves from the cutting to make the stem long enough to stay in the water.
Remember, the leaves wilt in the water.
Here you can see the same cutting on December 1st.
Months back I filled up the cup with gravel to fix the plant in an upright position.
The cutting is well-rooted - it's hard to pull it out.
This well-developed 5-month-old cutting goes into another aquarium planter.
Good looking roots.
Ta-dam!
Pretty colored Dragon’s Blood Sedum looks beautiful in my aquarium gardens.
And it is a very simple succulent to grow with roots in water.
Have fun and happy aquarium gardens :)
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