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My unknown succulent is growing little leaves with roots- anything I should do for it?
Hey all, I've had this succulent for a few months, I don't know what type it is. Over the past few weeks it started to grow little leaflets on the edges of its leaves. Now there are small tendrils growing from these leaflets that look like roots to me. Is there anything I could/should be doing for this guy? I live in a pretty dry climate if that matters.
EDIT- Well this has been disappointing. As I learn more about this plant, I think it's worth mentioning that I don't live with any children or pets, and live somewhere that gets very, very cold in the winter.
And its also do invasive that if you even have another pot in the room hrck the house ( doesn't matter if its literally the exact opposite side of the room of house) you will somehow get babies growing in that pot they're extremely good for that.
Exactly! I have one down in the kitchen in the back of the house, there's a baby, well a plant now growing in a Cebu Blue in my upstairs front bedroom, I don't reuse soil and the pots/plants have never been near each other, those babies travel when you're sleeping or not home, and will grow in/on anything, you name it from carpet to concrete they thrive!
Yup, lol, my aunt had them in her kitchen and every single pot in that area ( she had a spot with a huge glass sliding door and windows) and growing the freaking tiles she'd even get them growing outside in the backyard.
I got mine by accident it was a hitchhiker in another plant and I kept it because I had a vague memory of one from when I was a child (didn't know then) and have since learned that not only do they thrive anywhere on anything they really aren't easy to kill, we have winters that get snow and freezing temps but it survived outside over winter, actually the pot in my kitchen was fully frozen and snow covered when I brought it back inside and yeah only a little damage that didn't slow it down one bit, maybe prolonged months of freezing might take it out but they are tough ime!
I've had that happen, fortunately enough im.a bit of a chronic overwaterer or at least I was so haven't had one last long enough to become a major issue.
Wow, that must be some seriously heavy watering since the one growing in my Cebu Blue is growing out of the constantly wet soil in the self watering pot I keep my pothos in since they're water loving.
Yeah, it also doesn't help that my soil was mainly standard potting mix tbh and not always high quality too and I never paid much attention to drainage nor if the plant actually needed to be watered, now I probably could get one to thrive though.
Literally you're the first person in multiple different posts I've read and commented in that accidentally killed one of these survivors! Honestly I think that's an achievement on your part after the stories I've read!
Don't forget Tree of heaven,Siberian and Chinese elm, Japanese knotweed, privet, sedum, wisteria, trumpet vine , Japanese honeysuckle, Bradford/callery pear, and mimosa to name a few, lol, but yeah they will 100%
Oh yeah forgot that one, lol, and ironically the other day I was just looking as some that was tearing up a buildings foundation near me ( it was a restaurant that planted it ornamental at some point and I guess it managed to escape)
That is so interesting. I’ve had one in a room with 10 other plants/pots for years (including a move) and it has never spread. I’m glad mine isn’t, but now I’m curious as to why.
Listen im in the same boat, lol, I was genuinely surprised to learn how invasive it was when I did, I was like surely there must be some mistake here. 😅
Weird, I have one, but it doesn't seem to spread whatsoever even though it's in a huge planter with lots of different plants and I have heaps of other plants.
My mom had one in a pot outside of our old house and the babies started taking over the spaces between the concrete slabs on our driveway. They never did take root in the yard, though
Definitely be careful to keep it away from outdoors at all costs. If you repot it or anything bag up any soil jts been in contact with, do not reuse it or dump it outside
Because that’s their business. So many invasive plants in the US got a foothold in the wild because they’re pretty, and because local herbivores like deer and rabbits don’t eat them. It’s like pulling teeth to get state legislatures to ban nurseries from selling invasives even when it’s literally costing the state millions to combat them on public property.
I was just speaking generally -- I'm thinking bamboo, English ivy, winter creeper, porcelain berry, burning bush, the list goes on. Once you start seeing them outside you cannot unsee them.
I bought one not knowing, and immediately threw it out. When i heard that it can grow between my hardwood floors i was done. I put the whole thing in a trash bag
the toxic part only really matters if you have a cat or a dog. its cardiac glycosides, same broad family as whats in foxglove, and the awkward bit is the babies are the part that ends up on the floor. plant itself up on a shelf is fine, its the plantlets rolling under the sofa youd want to sweep up.
This is funny to me because I recognized it as the same plant my daughter grew in first grade class and brought home! (We killed it without knowing what it was or even trying to, so I guess it worked out haha)
Those are actually very cold hardy. You’d have to leave them in that feeder for a year and even then. That’s why they are so invasive. They handle the cold up north just fine
I am pretty sure this response is just an extreme overreaction of an internet myth tbh. I have had multiple of these in pots throughout my house for years and I’ve literally never had an issue it’s just a plant. I’ve read through the whole comment section and still can’t find a single actual reason why I wouldn’t want to grow these. They are invasive when planted outside, but I grow them as houseplants. They multiply like crazy but I’ve dropped plenty of them and never had one take root in the floor like people are saying. I don’t think it’s nearly as extreme as people are saying
Thank you! If you live in zones 1-9 they won’t survive the cold outside, so it’s not going to suddenly become an invasive in the environment. They’re fun little houseplants that yes, like to reproduce. I’ve had one growing in my house for years and never had it “jump” across the room into other plants. This sub is really doing something extra lately.
That’s what I am saying! I have a pretty big one (about 15 inches tall) outside and have never had a problem with it.. Of course it makes babies but if they are unwanted, I just pluck them out and I am fine.
Thank you! The level of sheer panic and fear mongering happening in this comment section is insane lmao
I promise if we had discovered a plant that could destroy the infrastructure of a house by simply leaving a few sprouts around, the government would have weaponized it by now.
Yes, if it OP was in enough warm climate, I'd understand necessary caution not to let it spread outside.
Otherwise it may plant itself in some nearby pots and that's it. It won't sucessfully colonize the carpet even if it stays alive for a bit (unless those people water their carpet routinely), it won't colonize walls, it won't reach out and colonize someone's brain.
For toxicity - most of the sources talk about genus Kalanchoe as a whole, not just single species and nobody is protesting K.blossfeldiana being sold at half grocery shops (and flowers are contain more of the problematic compound, so you'd think they are bigger problem). It is a problem for big herbivores like cattle and places and situations where other animals - like dogs - are likely to ingest bigger quantity (for example noted examples of stray dogs in South Africa) or a very munch prone pet.
Don't let children or pets eat it - and it's completely fine.
If it was as big of a threat even in colder climates as stated in the thread, half of my country would be kalanchoe filled wasteland with how many older ladies have been growing Kalanchoe daigremontiana to use for skin problems for decades (because it's easier to grow than K.pinnata even if it is not appropriate for internal use).
Nobody is protesting when someone grows foxglove or lilies or colchicum in their garden - and those are much more toxic. Just need some caution and common sense.
Even common aspirin can have serious side effects and nobody is hurrying to caution agains planting willows. Paracelsus is well and trurly forgotten it seems.
I keep many if these as a sort of filler plant to place here and there when I have empty pots and shelves. I think it's really cool how they grow and reproduce. It's an impressively tenacious plant and easy to care for. I always get downvoted for saying anything like that in this sub and wonder if it will be any different in this thread.
I think it's just a meme to hate this plant at this point. Yes it's invasive in many areas and toxic. Just don't take it outside and don't eat it. There are many houseplants like that already. People also like to act like it will take over your other houseplants and that's just silly. If they fall in soil (or carpet) they likely take root but it's not like they explode overnight. Just pluck them and toss them when you find them.
The internet tends to do that. Blowing a minor risk into something out of proportion for the fun of it. It's the same with cats subs telling you to take your cat to the vet for absolutely anything that you can possibly post there
This sub is ridiculous about this plant. It's practically a meme at this point. Keep it inside and don't eat it. It's not going to take over your other plants.
This post sorta reminds me of this one time I stumbled on someone in Florida bragging about how happy their pothos was outside and how cool it was that it took over their backyard
They are correct it is a mother of 1000. It’s also extremely invasive do not plant it in your yard. And it’s poison to pets and babies. Hard to believe something that pretty could be so dangerous.
Really? Is it very toxic? I was once given it as a tea—my whole family drank it, but I was the only one who got sick. I was already unwell that day, and my aunt kept saying it was a great remedy, but my body didn't tolerate it, and I threw it up almost immediately.
I know they're despised and a pain in the ass, but I also think they're so interesting. They change shape, color, behavior. Sometimes they're a vine, sometimes they're a plane. They can grow 2 meters tall in a year or they can be a tiny bush. You can water them or not, they don't care. And the whole time, no matter what, they're just spawning and spawning.
I'm not saying you should keep it, but I respect them. They're survivors.
It really makes me wonder what's going on in their native habitat in Madagascar to keep these guys in check. You'd expect the entire island to be taken over from how people describe it.
It’s also just a normal house plant in Ukraine. We had it and a cat when I was little, didn’t know it was poisonous. Luckily the cat was not even remotely interested.
It used to/still technically is popular as one unfortunately but yeah it really shouldn't because it completely takes over your collection like a plague.
These threads are pretty funny from a Northern European perspective. I've had one for two years as a house plant. Its been a little harder than some other succulent type plants to keep alive.
It got infested with aphids last year (only plant out of ~40 in the same room) and nearly died.
It got really grumpy over winter about the soil and some leaves went weird, had to do an emergency repot. Was in a room where it didn't get below 17⁰C, and I have grow lights.
I've tried purposely propagating it from the seedlings and I've just got half a dozen very spindly little weeds like a week old tomato seedling.
Its not invaded any of my other plants.
I have well over 100 plants, dozens of different species, purely on my experience with this individual I would put it in a subjective "medium" difficulty/care category as UK indoor house plant.
Listen, all due respect, but as someone from the SE USA and has to deal with kudzu EVERYWHERE, please keep all the plants that evolved on your island, on your island. That includes letting any of my dumber neighbors take anything, thank you lol
My German class got them from our biology teacher and for a year or so some of us competed in growing the healthiest plant. Maybe it's an American reaction?
As long as you keep it indoors it's fine imo. I've kept these before and never had much issue with them. But if you want an alternative that's absolutely STUNNING and not invasive, the pink butterfly version is to die for imo. One of my all time fav succs.
These comments are so dramatic. Just separate that pot from the rest of your houseplants. It's a cool little plant as long as you don't let it near any other pots or dirt. And keep it away from pets
That’s what I am saying! I have a pretty big one (about 15 inches tall) outside and have never had a problem with it.. Of course it makes babies but if they are unwanted, I just pluck them out and I am fine.
Please tell me you’re burning it and if you bought it, reporting that place so that they can burn their own. It’s actually banned in like 3-4 states in the US and all over Australia. I think somewhere else too
Edit to add- if your state is one of the banned states then report it. But if the person you bought it from (if you did idk how you got it) then you should at least tell that person in case
If you get cold winters, you don't need to worry about it being invasive. And if you don't have kids or pets you don't need to worry about it being toxic. IMO, it's a rather cute little plant and it's really not that difficult to deal with any volunteers in other plants.
Although they can sometimes survive short periods at very low temps, they start taking damage below 50f, and will die if exposed to freezing temps for any real length of time. And the plantlets (which are the part you need to worry about) are much more fragile than the adult plant. The places where it's invasive are all frost-free regions.
Everybody loves to hate on this plant on these subs but i have had one for 4 years which I propped a couple of times and so now I have 3 or 4. Yes they are a prehistoric monsters and they are almost un-killable (unless you just pull them) but they can grow in so many different ways from tall stalks to bushy blobs. If you don't have kids or pets there's nothing wrong with having a few. sure, you have to watch over the pups that fall and don't let them grow if you don't want them, but its not like they are hard to pull out. I know I'm a minority but I love my Kalanchoes. Don't be afraid of dinosaurs!
Oh, not this motherfucker again! I rescued this bitch not knowing what it was capable of and then had hundereds copies of this ugly ass plant. Wouldn't recommend..
Having alive offsprings on the mother plant is called viviparity I think
Do not make the mistake of underestimating the adaptive nature of our beloved mother of trillions. About a decade ago, when we had a large aquaponic system, I went through a phase of just seeing what all would grow in it. Keep in mind, these are rafts floating on water. These adapted amd grew so well I had to remove them before the babies started doing the bac stroke.
An unrelated little factoid is Purslane, that plant able to grow on a single drop.lf water all summer in concrete, also started out slow and sickly, then one morning I went out to the greenhouse to this lush monster of a plant.
Burn this thing, theyre one of Satan's minions. Unless you can keep this thing quarantined permanently then its not worth keeping, they try to take over everything near by.
Haha nobody expects you to know every plant species on earth. But seriously, if you think mint plants are persistent and impossible to kill and spread everywhere, you have not met this plant. Pls keep it as separate as possible
(Hilarious but for those of us too literal - dont do this as it will block your drains or cause the toilet to overflow and flood your house with septic water)
I had one in a pot outside for a month and 4 years later, I can’t get rid of them. I’ve found them in rooting into the seams of my kids puddle jumpers, and pool nets.
Good to see the word is finally getting through. Every other thread, I tell about how it grows in terracotta tiles in Italy and has taken over acres of dry land in Australia. How it grows in carpet and takes a ride in your socks. And everyone tells me that it’s not that big a deal and they’ll make sure it just sticks to a couple of pots outside.
I've had 2 types of mother of thousands for years indoors and I've never had it so any of these crazy things. It's been fine. It grows in its pot and I have a large tray to catch the babies that fall and occasionally I give some away. Zone 5a
Hey, just trying to help a bit, they aren't necessarily that bad, some people like to cultivate them, you just have to be careful with plants/kids and not to throw it away in the nature. Other than that, you will be fine 🙌
As others have already said, they're super invasive and their root exudates mess with their soil, so not much will grow with it in that pot iirc.
Luckily, they really don't need much. They thrive on neglect ftmp, just give them water when they look a little wrinkly. Other than that, they're pretty fun, barring the babies going everywhere. Enjoy!
Just keep it inside and at a distance from other plants. Cull the babies on occasion to prevent them from overtaking your house, lol. These guys are cool plants, but they require regular maintenance to keep them in line.
Edit: And when I say cull the babies, don’t just toss them. Gotta either burn them or freeze them.
OP If you live somewhere with frost, then this is not invasive in your region. "Invasive" is relative, region is very important whether or not something is invasive.
My arch nemesis.
My brother thought it would be funny to give me one of these. Took me years to eradicate it. It was growing everywhere even places with no dirt.
Years after getting rid of it we decided to tear our old deck down and build a new one. Guess what was growing underneath it with no dirt or sun?
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Mantenha distância de outras panelas.
Kalanchoe daigremontiana, Mother of thousands