Propagating succulents and mixing growing medium

Sedums are amazing plants.  They are very hardly and thrive on neglect, great plants for people with busy lives. 

In this instructable, I'll show you how to mix your own growing medium with materials diverted from the waste stream and propagate plants via cloning.

Step 1 Materials and tools needed

*  Soil
*  Pots
*  Broken terra cotta pots (please don't break usable ones...just a bit of searching and I'll bet you can find some already broken)
*  Hammer
*  A few sedum
*  Tarp

Safety Equipment

*  Gloves
*  Glasses
*  Something to protect your floor from hammering, I used an old cutting board and carpet
*  An old towel

Comments

[jarfon0300]

here is the uk, growing sucelents is not possible with most species over the winter outdoors. i have a greenhouse and i have a lot of cacti and succelent plants. this year, i have managed to propagate an aloe aristata and a senicio crassulafolius. i have also managed to detach two stems off my chameacerous sylvestrie and root them too. i have a quistoin. i have four aloe aristata, including the offset, and the largest has flowered the last two years and last year it had one stalk and this year, two. hopefully my other two mature ones will flower. here it goes, how long does it take for an offset to reach flowering size?
another one. does the senicio crassulafolius even flower?

[NaturalCrafter]

The Autumn Red sedium is one that just keeps on giving. I love the height and the color it brings into the garden for fall. Thanks for sharing this information about such cool plants.

[limpach]

Ah sedum. This is a very tough plant. I remember having to clone this stuff working at a nursery. If you want a really hardy variety look for one called Black Jack.

[a03326495]

Thanks!

[kat_navarro]

Great Instructable. Buying plants is sooo expensive, this is an awesome alternative!!!