My prickly pear plant (Opuntia microdasys) fell over in the wind today and a paddle broke off. Luckily it was a clean cut so I decided to just drop it into a pot and hope it grows!
Also in the pot is an unidentified aloe cutting from the plant beside it. No clue what that is but it's been doing alright despite not being in the desert!
A good way to protect the cutting and speed up the cutting calusing and subsequent rooting is to sprinkle/dip the cutting in either rooting powder or cinnamon. Rooting powder is the better bet for something you want to root, cinnamon is perfect for where a cutting has been taken from as you probably don't want your established plant to start sprouting roots half way up
TIL cinnamon is good for plants and cuttings.