Most others can be easily grown from stem cuttings 5-8cms long. Leave the cuttings for several days to dry and form a callus or hard tissue. Push about 1cm of the stem into a fine, loose, free-draining potting soil and leave until they are growing freely. Keep cuttings moist but not wet. Cuttings taken from spring to early autumn will generally root in three to six weeks.
Patient gardeners can also grow succulents from seed.
They need only the minimum of water in the spring and summer growing period and for the rest of the year are best kept dry. During the hot summer months water every three weeks or so. Plants grown in containers without holes need very little watering. Feed with a little cactus fertiliser, or one recommended for tomatoes, each time plants are watered in the summer growing period. The first signs of their presence begin with a fine web or the leaves turning brown and falling.