The crumbliest of plants

My burro's tail succulent has seen better days. (Those days all happened before it came to live with me, but it’s fine.)

before repotting

It has been in desperate need of repotting, but I knew it would lose a ton of leaves whenever I attempted this, so I've been putting off for a bit. Really more like a whole year. It has been a busy year, ok?

So, I did repot it a couple weeks ago, and it lost about as many leaves as expected. Some of the vines(stems?) broke apart, too. I put the leaves in soil and I'm hoping they will root and turn into some cute baby plants. It's not looking too good at the moment… Everything I read online says you just need to put the leaves on top of some soil and they will just... do their thing. Mine do not seem to be doing it. The stems that broke off appear to be rooting just fine, so that's encouraging!

The main plant is looking a little bare in some spots, but it is doing well and already showing new growth  

After repotting 

More plant pictures, because I’m not using Instagram at the moment and I want to share pictures.