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They are all fun to grow from seeds!
Since they hybridize easily, you never know that the plants will look like!
With all the offsets they produce I will have a never ending supply of new plants to pot up and sell!
That's too bad!
All I pay for postage is $6!
$15 to the US would be alright if you had a large order!
They are all fun to grow from seeds!
Since they hybridize easily, you never know that the plants will look like!
With all the offsets they produce I will have a never ending supply of new plants to pot up and sell!
The seeds were started last April! They are very slow to develop in their first 2 months, but once they get going they pick up the pace!
The jovibarba are a mix of small rosette species and hybrids (around the size of a silver dollar at maturity) so tend to grow to maturity quickly compared to the sempervivums which take longer ....lets see....it takes a year before they are a nice size for sale, but some of the larger sempervivum species takes longer... I'd say...2 years before they are ready for sale!
Since this is my first year here on the lake, I have to take into consideration that the lake tends to keep the temp where we live lower then inland, so the plants take a bit longer to come out of dormancy....they just sit there waiting for some heat to get growing!
My prickly pear cactus are still a bit shrivelled, and haven't completely plumped up yet! In the late Fall they wilt and shivel, since they need to reduce their surface area to help get them through the winter!
The orostatchys are almost finished plumping up! They're odd since they reduce their moisture content in the leaves so the rosettes shrivel and close up for the winter months! They look grey and almost dead December through late March. The semps and jovis do the same thing!
Ok...For jovibarbas: from seed to potting up in cell packs takes at least 6 months! Then add another 3 months for them to grow large enough to repot to 4" pots!<--- at this point they start to develop into a multiple cluster.
Sempervivums: A good year and a half for the larger species and hybrids, and a year for the smaller species and hybrids!
Still need to remember to feed them often with a water soluable fert 10-30-10 to fatten them up faster!
If I had a greenhouse, the time would be halved, so I'm doing well considering I'm using growlights for my seed starting!
The jovibarba are a mix of small rosette species and hybrids (around the size of a silver dollar at maturity) so tend to grow to maturity quickly compared to the sempervivums which take longer ....lets see....it takes a year before they are a nice size for sale, but some of the larger sempervivum species takes longer... I'd say...2 years before they are ready for sale!
Since this is my first year here on the lake, I have to take into consideration that the lake tends to keep the temp where we live lower then inland, so the plants take a bit longer to come out of dormancy....they just sit there waiting for some heat to get growing!
My prickly pear cactus are still a bit shrivelled, and haven't completely plumped up yet! In the late Fall they wilt and shivel, since they need to reduce their surface area to help get them through the winter!
The orostatchys are almost finished plumping up! They're odd since they reduce their moisture content in the leaves so the rosettes shrivel and close up for the winter months! They look grey and almost dead December through late March. The semps and jovis do the same thing!
Ok...For jovibarbas: from seed to potting up in cell packs takes at least 6 months! Then add another 3 months for them to grow large enough to repot to 4" pots!<--- at this point they start to develop into a multiple cluster.
Sempervivums: A good year and a half for the larger species and hybrids, and a year for the smaller species and hybrids!
Still need to remember to feed them often with a water soluable fert 10-30-10 to fatten them up faster!
If I had a greenhouse, the time would be halved, so I'm doing well considering I'm using growlights for my seed starting!
I have more!
The ones in the photos are in the garden that I planted last year, the rest are in pots!
I'll post more as they grow larger!
I also have a mix of sedum species and hybrids that I grew from seed!
The ones in the photos are in the garden that I planted last year, the rest are in pots!
I'll post more as they grow larger!
I also have a mix of sedum species and hybrids that I grew from seed!
Go to http://www.gardensnorth.com/site/index.htmhttp://www.GardensNorth.com
You'll need to click Catalogue, then click Retail Catalogue
Go to Perennials, then click 'S' for Sempervivums, then scroll down.
While you're there check out her very long list of perennials, grasses and woodies!
If you order before the end of the month the prices are 50% off!
Have fun!
It is my #1 favorite supplier of the seeds I order!
You'll need to click Catalogue, then click Retail Catalogue
Go to Perennials, then click 'S' for Sempervivums, then scroll down.
While you're there check out her very long list of perennials, grasses and woodies!
If you order before the end of the month the prices are 50% off!
Have fun!
It is my #1 favorite supplier of the seeds I order!
Click 'J' and look at her Jovibarba seeds while you are there!
That's too bad!
All I pay for postage is $6!
$15 to the US would be alright if you had a large order!
Kya,
Have a look at Parks!
They have a hardy mix! 300 seeds for $2.05 per pack!
http://www.parkseed.com/gardening/PD/1881/
Have a look at Parks!
They have a hardy mix! 300 seeds for $2.05 per pack!
http://www.parkseed.com/gardening/PD/1881/
Look what I found when I went grocery shopping this afternoon!
They had 5 for $10 and couldn't resist!
I will be able to pull them apart and pot them up separately!
I do not have these variations!
There are so many hybrids you would run out of garden space very quickly!
I will keep the a few rosettes of each as stock plants, so I can harvest their offsets! The center rosette will more then likely bloom this year and then die off to complete their life cycle!
They had 5 for $10 and couldn't resist!
I will be able to pull them apart and pot them up separately!
I do not have these variations!
There are so many hybrids you would run out of garden space very quickly!
I will keep the a few rosettes of each as stock plants, so I can harvest their offsets! The center rosette will more then likely bloom this year and then die off to complete their life cycle!
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