The only time I’ve appreciated the life story was for a recipe for honeycomb candy. Candy making is notoriously finicky, and this author included all the information about their trials, errors, and troubleshooting. Of course when I search for it now all that comes up is the usual AI/SSO garbage. It’s probably for the best I didn’t save it, that stuff is addictive.
I’ll second this. The easiest way to get it to grow is to just set the pad on top of the soil. It will naturally root from the portion touching the ground and eventually sprout some new growth.