I saw the process of a clipped leaf growing into a healthy little seedling-so fascinating! I was wondering, after these few months, will the original big Cotyledon tomentosa grow new leaves at the cut area? And will it be obvious that it was clipped? Maybe this could be an interesting idea for a future video! Hopefully, I'll get the chance to buy a large Cotyledon tomentosa someday and try propagating seedlings myself.
Hi there! My little bears paw was in my west facing window during the day. He was growing a lot of leaves but the leaves were sooooo compact new paws weren't getting enough sun and they were looking pretty flat and not plump. I moved him to my bookshelf a few feet from the windows a few weeks ago and they've stretched a little and now I can actually see the stems and where I might trim in the future for propagation. I see yours looks like its more stretched out than my plant.. do you think he was sun stressed and now he's happy stretching out a little? He's putting off tons of new paws since moving to the bookshelf. I'm not sure if I should move him back to the window or leave him on the bookshelf.
Hi there. Looks like your plant is happy where it is right now. I’d say keep it there till it grows the pups. Then you can propagate. But if you feel that they are getting too leggy, then slowly introduce more sun. All the best.
Salamat Po! I wondered if a bear tomotosa that has dropped all it's leaves and left only with stems ...no burns on them will grow new leaves ? In my case the leaves shrunk and were chubby, but just dropped it's leaves (the plant was exposed to a High temperature morning sun) Thank you for the update and really appreciate all your efforts and time.
Hi there. Based on my experience with dropping leaves, they drop because there is a problem in the root system. Even if they are exposed to extreme heat like some of our summer days here, the leaves can get sun burnt, or really dry and crunchy but they do not drop the leaves. If you get a chance, try to check if all is okay with roots ( any rot?). If all good, then you just have to wait for new leaves to grow but lots of patience will be required as they are slow growers. Thanks.
I saw the process of a clipped leaf growing into a healthy little seedling-so fascinating! I was wondering, after these few months, will the original big Cotyledon tomentosa grow new leaves at the cut area? And will it be obvious that it was clipped? Maybe this could be an interesting idea for a future video! Hopefully, I'll get the chance to buy a large Cotyledon tomentosa someday and try propagating seedlings myself.
Hi there! My little bears paw was in my west facing window during the day. He was growing a lot of leaves but the leaves were sooooo compact new paws weren't getting enough sun and they were looking pretty flat and not plump. I moved him to my bookshelf a few feet from the windows a few weeks ago and they've stretched a little and now I can actually see the stems and where I might trim in the future for propagation. I see yours looks like its more stretched out than my plant.. do you think he was sun stressed and now he's happy stretching out a little? He's putting off tons of new paws since moving to the bookshelf. I'm not sure if I should move him back to the window or leave him on the bookshelf.
Hi there. Looks like your plant is happy where it is right now. I’d say keep it there till it grows the pups. Then you can propagate.
But if you feel that they are getting too leggy, then slowly introduce more sun.
All the best.
Salamat Po!
I wondered if a bear tomotosa that has dropped all it's leaves and left only with stems ...no burns on them will grow new leaves ?
In my case the leaves shrunk and were chubby, but just dropped it's leaves
(the plant was exposed to a High temperature morning sun)
Thank you for the update and really appreciate all your efforts and time.
Hi there. Based on my experience with dropping leaves, they drop because there is a problem in the root system. Even if they are exposed to extreme heat like some of our summer days here, the leaves can get sun burnt, or really dry and crunchy but they do not drop the leaves. If you get a chance, try to check if all is okay with roots ( any rot?).
If all good, then you just have to wait for new leaves to grow but lots of patience will be required as they are slow growers. Thanks.
Sure, I will follow your advice for sure and thank you ever so much for wonderful advice.
I hope you have a wonderful time gardening.