#65 Let's chop some succulents!

LET'S PLANT!
EP 65 - Let's chop some succulents!

Last week I was having a dilemma about whether or not to chop my leggy echeverias. Thanks to all your awesome input, I went through with it!

I only went for the ones that are starting to bend or are in danger of falling over. Any bends in the stem means that there's going to be pressure applied to that point, and as the plant grows, it will get a lot top-heavy and the bend will worsen. With enough weight and not enough core strength, the stem will be weak enough to snap.

This is another double-length episode because I did a lot of stuff over the weekend. Hope you enjoy!

Title and ending music:
"Open Those Bright Eyes"
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[victoriamagdaleno]

Another great video! And my daughter was watching with me, she was dancing to all the music! Haha

[NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW]

Haha, thank you buddy! What a nice shoutout! Much love to you brother, and I must say, you're the best at chopping succulents, I can't do it like you, that's for sure!!

[JeffO-]

Thanks for the shout out for my belated input, and for the info on the 5 points. Very helpful. Nice holiday cactus you have there. Your son is like a mini you, which you've probably heard a hundred times. Very cute.

[sonakbi]

Thank you for your lovely and informative video!~

[christinaeilers]

Chuck u crack me up! Learning a lot from ur channel. I think it's great u folks use natural air to dry ur clothes, even in the spring!!

[kaycart]

Tremendous amount of work! So rewarding!

[frnkb]

At the beginning, I was wondering, "Where's the black & fluorescent yellow 'uniform' ?!" But, at 2:50, it appeared and all was good in the world again. ahahahaa!! Another great video, Chuck! It was nice to see the whole fam in there, too!

[SnapCooee]

Thanks for the shout out...and, for the 'man' version of hanging out the laundry 😂

[lessonsNreels]

Really like your videos.... Im just starting with succulents and im checking tutorials for beginners... Your collection is very amazing... Varieties here are just the regular ones, simple, small and mostly just greens... From the Philippines

[earisu]

The bag at 13:58 that you move looks like an angry ghost. 😂(I love your videos, you've been so helpful).

[heidiwhite]

Only just found your channel. Love it! Informative, fun and entertaining.

[suzypie]

I like your music, it’s a good element to the video while you do the work

[analuisamachadochaves]

Perfeição, seu jardim é lindo!!! Amo suas imbricatas!

[restricted]

Great video and awesome background musics.

[naomichristianti]

Hi Chuck, thanks for the videos you've made! I've learn a lot from your videos as newbie in the succulent & cacti world - I live in hot humid tropical weather in Indonesia (29 - 34 degC all the time) - and unfortunately some of my echeverias and hawortias are getting root and stem rot, despite of my routine check and 2 weeks period between watering (or whenever the soil has been completely dried).... Do you have any resources for the tropical succulents & cacti care 101? Appreciate it, man!

[TheDubrose]

Another awesome video..beautiful succulents...not too sure about your laundry skills though!! :)

[masterofpuppers]

For the cleanest cuts I've had on thick-stemmed beheadings, I save my broken guitar strings, clean them up with a kitchen sponge sprayed with iso alcohol, and use them to garrotte the stems. The unwound higher register strings E, B, and G depending on if the G is wound or not. The wound strings have lots of grooves for bacteria and fungi to hide in, so don't use those. Much easier than trying to get a straight clean cut with a bladed tool.

[patriciajorquera]

Hermosos, que lindos los 4, felicitaciones

[pojkekeke]

Do you have a video on your rare succulents in your collection? Love your awesome videos!

[MissEkiBunny]

No worries Chuck!! Sometimes its just nice to see what other people are doing. I didn't want to chop many of mine until spring but people on Instagram convinced me otherwise! (Formerly Erika Bunny) 😉