Ken, when a plant is pinched, the top two-four leaves are removed..quite easily- pinch off w/your finger and thumb. Usually after pinching, the next set of leaves double..so instead of two leaves, the next set will have four. Taking cuttings is a little different. This is done by removing 3"+ per stem. No Eric, lol, the clippiings won't strangle the mom plant.. You can set one Kalanchoe leaf on soil and it will root. The botton of the leaf doesn't even need to be planted in the soil, lying a leaf on soil, will root. OR, for stem cuttings, if/when the stem roots, you can either pot separately, or add w/mom..if roots are tight fitting, up the pot size.. Sometimes pictures are deceiving..Your Kal might be blossfeldianna, but the foliage looks a little large for this species. Whether it is or not, Kals should be grown in a similar manner. K. bloss blooms during winter months..they need a dry, cool period to rebloom..'the following year/s.' If you have a garden, and have an extra cutting, plant one in the yard..by fall, you'll have a lovely plant that can be dug up, potted and brought indoors.. What size pot is your C.'Jade' Gollum in? You don't want too large pot. Water sparingly during winter months..Sux will rot if overwatered..Good luck, Toni

Hi Larry Thank you that is what it is. I looked at a picture of bagworms and thats them. We have ALOT of them they seem to like our garage. We have 40 arborvitae (newly bought) and we found a couple on them too. I hope we don't lose any trees to them. We are going to try to control with insecticides. As much as I hate using chemicals. Those trees weren't cheap. Let me know if you have any ideas on controling them. The are about 1/2in long. Thanks Silvia

Rebecca, Just to explain my reasoning thou I maybe quite incorrect. I did not blame leafhoppers because they are on all of my roses. But never has that leaf damage ever shown on but a few roses each year. I discounted rmv because to date there have been no reports of a healthy rose for as long as you have had this rose suddenly becoming symptomatic. If a healthy rose has picked up rmv that it never had. This would be devastating news and I've not read about it happening yet. Oh and don't forget your mother plant is totally healthy. As suncoast mentioned the roots temporarily were not feeding her rose hence the damaged leaves. This does not mean I'm correct but I have had roses with the exact same look. First thing I thought of was rmv. All of mine where own root and once the roots were more established on mine. It went away. You have some absolutely excellent rose resources in Minnesota. I'm certain they would share their thoughts with you.

Unfortunately, rocks at the bottom of the pot don't help & may actually make it worse. Since you're a beginner, I'd get rid of ALL the rocks. You can't see the soil, or how wet or dry it is. Getting the soil mix right (cactus & succulent mix 'C&S mix' for short) w/ Perlite, in equal parts of each would be a good place to start. While SG's last comment can be true, you can't even see your soil for all the rocks. Again, for a beginner, I'd skip all the decoration (the rocks, the fancy pot) & stick to recommended soil above w/ ordinary pots so you can focus on the basics. It could be a cross btwn Haworthia & Gasteria; they're related plants, wanting similar conditions (neither want direct sun). Part of getting better w/ plants is reading up on what they are & what they need. Pls don't keep repeating you're bad at keeping plants alive. Try telling yourself, while you've had trouble in the past, you're working on learning more & doing better. (Sorry, but it's not helpful to reinforce negative opinions of & to yourself). Succulents, by definition, are plants that can hold water in reserve in their leaves. So someone telling you that succulents need more humidity, doesn't understand what succulents are. Try reading around here this forum & look for reputable plant info. like C&S encyclopedias or sites mentioning botany, horticulture or w/ the extension like .edu (means educational institution).