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The stem is super long. Can I cut it off now or should I wait until spring? View answer

Asked 4 ´years ago | Echeveria 'Perle von Nurnberg'

How do I divide this? View answer

Asked 2 ´years ago | Sempervivum calcareum 'Grigg's Surprise'

Propagating Sempervivum Hens & Chicks

Posted 6 years ago

Left on their own, Sempervivum rosettes grow into tidy, mounding clusters. They are also particularly easy to propagate by hand because they produce new offsets or "chicks" on stolons (horizontal stems). When the chick is at least 1.0" in diameter, cut or gently pull it from its mother rosette. Place the new offsets on well draining soil in partial sun and water regularly until it can establish mature roots. The prop Read more

How to propagate?? View answer

Asked 2 ´years ago | Crassula 'Baby's Necklace'

Can you start it from cuttings and if you can how do u do it? View answer

Asked 5 ´years ago | Plectranthus amboinicus - Comfort Plant, Cuban Oregano

How to propagate A tiger to aloe vera View answer

Asked 2 ´years ago | Aloe juvenna - Tiger Tooth Aloe

The new growth on my red moon cactus, what do I do with them? just leave them on there or start a new plant? View answer

Asked 4 ´years ago | Gymnocalycium mihanovichii - Grafted Moon Cactus [red]

will the moon flower grow and produce babies View answer

Asked 4 ´years ago | Gymnocalycium mihanovichii - Grafted Moon Cactus [yellow]

Propagating Sempervivum heuffelii

Posted 6 years ago

CROWN DIVISION While standard Sempervivum (Hens & Chicks) are known for sending out young plant offsets on stolons from a central mother rosette, new growth in S. heuffelii arises through crown division. S. heuffelii varieties develop offsets right in the middle of an older rosette. As leaves emerge and enlarge, the clump expands to make room for the new, individual rosettes. PROPAGATING BY HAND Witho Read more

What needs to be done to keep the cuttings alive for a few weeks without planting? View answer

Asked 5 ´years ago | Sempervivum (Hens & Chicks) Assorted Unrooted 25-Pack

how does this cactus propagate undergound View answer

Asked 4 ´years ago | Opuntia 'Zion' [4-6"]

Do I have to water propagated leaves View answer

Asked 3 ´years ago | The Secrets to Propagating Succulents (E-Book)

Can I split this succulent (Baby Jade) apart into separate pots? View answer

Asked 4 ´years ago | Crassula ovata 'Baby Jade'

Can this plant be propagated from the leaves? View answer

Asked 4 ´years ago | Peperomia graveolens - Ruby Glow

After I cut back, will the plant continue to grow where it was cut or will it die? View answer

Asked 4 ´years ago | Peperomia graveolens - Ruby Glow [large]