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May 03, 2021 - 02:37 PM
Hello there!
When a Sempervivum flower is pollinated, it produces a small fruit. If you remove this fruit, dry it completely, and then crush it, many tiny seeds should burst out of the fruit.
Here is a link to a forum post by a world renown Sempervivum breeder, who can explain it much better then I can.
Growing Sempervivum from seed is not the usual way people propagate these plants. It's good to keep in mind that you can always grow Sempervivum from their "chicks", which is far easier than growing from seed. Also, if you grow them from chicks you know that you're going to get a plant that looks 100% like the parent plant. If you grow them from seeds, the plant could look like a combination of both parents!
People who grow Sempervivum from seeds are typically doing so in an attempt to make a hybrid that doesn't looks just like the parents. Doing this is incredibly difficult and requires some understanding of plant genetics to know what traits are going to be passed on to the offspring, and which are not.
I wanted to add that disclaimer, just in case you thought you had to grow these plants from seeds. I hope this helps!
When a Sempervivum flower is pollinated, it produces a small fruit. If you remove this fruit, dry it completely, and then crush it, many tiny seeds should burst out of the fruit.
Here is a link to a forum post by a world renown Sempervivum breeder, who can explain it much better then I can.
Growing Sempervivum from seed is not the usual way people propagate these plants. It's good to keep in mind that you can always grow Sempervivum from their "chicks", which is far easier than growing from seed. Also, if you grow them from chicks you know that you're going to get a plant that looks 100% like the parent plant. If you grow them from seeds, the plant could look like a combination of both parents!
People who grow Sempervivum from seeds are typically doing so in an attempt to make a hybrid that doesn't looks just like the parents. Doing this is incredibly difficult and requires some understanding of plant genetics to know what traits are going to be passed on to the offspring, and which are not.
I wanted to add that disclaimer, just in case you thought you had to grow these plants from seeds. I hope this helps!
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