It is probably better to do it in the warmer months, but any time of year will work.

Instead of cutting it, why not take the WHOLE thing out & restart it?

Since now you know better & that it will NEVER do well in a glass bowl w/out drainage or air circulation. What's the point of keeping part of it in the jar?

I'm confused too. Why not just repot the whole plant. Whatever's left after you take a cutting will still be rotting.

I figure if I take the whole plant out, cut the top of the stem off, and put the top back in the soil, it will have a chance to grow new healthy roots. I could plant the bottom in a different pot with drainage and see if anything grows out of it too.

Ok socks. I've been looking online and I've seen methods of drilling holes in glass. I may try one someday!

why do you think the roots are unhealthy? if they haven't actually rotted yet, they're probably fine. i say just unpot the entire thing!

They've been sitting in water, I believe she said.

which doesn't necessarily mean anything? people have been known to root succulents in water even, it's not a great long-term plan in my opinion but it doesn't mean the roots are dead right now and need to go anywhere.....

I think Nika underestimates the plant's ability to recover & survive.

To a person, we all agree she should l simply remove the whole thing & pot fresh new pot, new mix, nothing needs be cut. She doesn't seem to believe us ... sigh.

Nika, maybe you don't know it can still grow all new roots if you take the whole thing out & let it dry out a few days & then pot all anew. It CAN & WILL grow new roots once you get it out of there.

K8: yes, succulents that grow in water have water roots. Succulents that grow in soil but are sitting in water have dead roots and then rotted roots.

sorry-- didn't know we had a plant psychic on the forum! amazing how you can know the exact viability of roots you haven't even seen pictures of . . .

Amazing that you can make the statement that "if they haven't rotted yet, they're probably fine," and walk away feeling as if you've delivered helpful advice, or, for that matter, a logical statement.

Of course if they aren't rotten, they are probably fine. So too with bananas. But there is a wide open space between not rotten yet and perfectly fine.

The goal is to keep them from getting to rotten.

nika,

Avoid glass pots - they're not worth the effort of drilling (although that certainly can be done) and the roots are underground for a reason - they don't want to be exposed to sun.