Despite crassulas being amongst the easiest plants to cultivate, this species can prove difficult to grow. It is, however, easy to keep in cultivation once the right code has been cracked: very well-drained gritty soils with a low organic content. Good ventilation and bright light are essential. Being a dwarf novelty plant it is recommended that this species be cultivated in a pot rather than the open soil. A sunny window sill should therefore work well.

Water very sparsely and only when the plant becomes soft to the touch. Overwatering is the easiest way to kill this plant as it is very susceptible to fungal attacks, which result in rotting. Feeding is not necessary and will only cause lush growth which will ruin the refined nature of the plant.

Propagation is easy from cuttings, especially leaf cuttings, at any time of the year which means they can be bulked up very easily. Remove the largest outermost leaves by pulling them away and to the side, tearing them gently away from the stem. Allow the leaves to stand for a few hours so the wound can dry and heal. Insert them into a dry gritty growing medium so that only the leaf tips protrude above the soil surface. Do not water the plants at this stage but rather keep them dry. Keep the pot in a bright situation out of direct sunlight where they will not get any water. After a week, they could receive a light sprinkling of water. Rooting should take place within 2 weeks. Once the leaf cuttings have visibly greened up, move them to a sunny spot, and before long young plantlets will develop into small rosettes.

If one could ever acquire seed, this could be sown in autumn. Mix the dust-like seed with a small quantity of fine sand. Spread the sand evenly over the surface of the soil which should be the same as the growing medium. Water immediately, preferably from below by standing the pot in a tray of water every few days. Keep the soil moist like this for the first month or so. Before long, tiny green plantlets should appear on the soil surface. Start to let the soil dry out between waterings. Soon the plants will bulk up and if one achieves the ideal growing conditions, one can raise many thousands of plants like this. The use of a damping-off fungicide is advisable.

The most susceptible time for these plants is in late autumn, where pots can sit wet for days on end. This is when plants are most likely to rot. Rather err on the side of caution and keep the plants too dry, rather than too wet.