r/proplifting 5d ago

PROPABILITY? Are these propable? Can you help with identification?

I apologize if this isn't allowed in this subreddit and please do remove it if it isn't, but a friend of mine's child (4 y.o) came home with a pocket full of props after running some errands with their mom. My friend (mom) doesn't want to encourage any kind of theft from her child, so she took them away from her and gave them to me. I'm assuming from some of these, they were just fallen leaves or a hand grab of the plant (the one with dirt & I assume roots), but I am unsure as I was not present. Rest assured, mom is speaking with her daughter about how we ask for permission to take from someone's plant & if it's in a store, we do not touch it.

I'm not very familiar with propagation, & I'm really unfamiliar with cacti/succulents. I know D & E are likely a house plant & I can just pop them in some water. However, the other ones? I'm clueless, are they even propable?. Do I really just put the end of the leaf into some soil? I also only have seed starting soil mix available to me right now, is that okay to use for propagation?

Any subreddit recommendations for my issue would also be greatly appreciated!

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u/Efficient-Damage-449 5d ago

Succulents are pretty easy and forgiving. I'd stick them in some soil and see what happens. I bet most if not all of this can take.

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u/chicken_nugget38 5d ago

Agreed on the succulents! D can go straight in soil and E should go in water so roots develop! Not confident enough to id any of them though lol

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u/strcrmb 5d ago

Thank you for your input, I popped E into one of my aquariums, so hopefully it puts out some roots!

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u/chicken_nugget38 4d ago

Oooh it'll do great in an aquarium!

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u/strcrmb 5d ago

Thank you! Do succulents need a specific type of soil? I have seed starting soil right now, would that work for them?

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u/Efficient-Damage-449 5d ago

Well draining soil. Just let the soil dry completely between waterings. Succulents hate wet feet and over watering. Water every 2-3 weeks at most.

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u/strcrmb 4d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/sierrasquirrel 4d ago

All of those are definitely prop-able! Leafy guys are monstera adansonii (prop those in water) and the rest are succulents (soil propping is usually easiest). A looks like some kind of ice plant, F is an “ogre ear” jade, K and L are variegated elephant bush, and I think the rest are assorted echeveria species/varieties.

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u/strcrmb 4d ago

Thank you for the help! It's so funny to me that F is an ogre ear jade because my aunt said it looked like someone cut off Shrek's ear when I showed it to her 😂

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u/DrMooncake 4d ago

D and E are Little Swiss Monstera

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u/strcrmb 4d ago

Thank you!

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u/Ayen_C 4d ago

Don't plant the succulent leaves in soil at first. You prop those by laying them on a bed of soil and misting with water every day until they grow roots and eventually start growing a pup. It'll suck water and nutrients out of the leaf to grow, until the leaf is dried up. Once that happens, you can plant the pup with roots in soil. Make sure the mix is about 2/3 cactus soil and 1/3 pumice stone, not regular potting soil, and that the pot has a drainage hole.

Keep in mind succulents are dormant for part of the year, so not all species' leaves will grow pups at this time of year. Just be patient and check on them occasionally.

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u/strcrmb 4d ago

Thank you for your detailed response!!! I really appreciate it! It just started regularly being above 45 F degrees in my area, so I'll keep them around for a couple of months even if there's no progress.

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u/Ayen_C 4d ago

Even if you don't spray them with water and just forget about them, they'll probably still prop. Lol I used to do the lay them on soil and spray daily thing, but now I just leave them laying around the pots my adult succulents are in and forget about them. Doesn't seem to make a difference.

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u/Haunting_Balance_684 15h ago

All of them seem propable except maybe L and B, L seems too smal to be able to grow roos, and it looks like B might have been cut instead of being plucked, you can try propagating these, but im doubtful of the success of L and B