Sempervivum Question.
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- Brian
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Sempervivum Question.
When the rosette goes into full scale flowering mode it can seem to sap the energy from a lot of the rest of the clump. Is it helpful to chop off the flower stem once flowering is over & so excess energy can be diverted to other parts of the plant?
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Re: Sempervivum Question.
I’ve never tried this Brian, but it makes sense.
Croydon Branch member, growing mainly cacti and Echeverias
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Re: Sempervivum Question, to chop or not to chop?
These two photographs show my point a bit better. Before the flower shot up, the whole plant was a lovely white webby clump. The effort of flowering seems to have drained the rest of the plant. Then all the new offsets almost seemed to appear overnight. To chop or not to chop?
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Re: Sempervivum Question.
That last one looks like a response to the recent weather. Could we have an update on Sunday or Monday?
Phil Crewe, BCSS 38143. Mostly S. American cacti, esp. Lobivia, Sulcorebutia and little Opuntia
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Re: Sempervivum Question.
good thinking Phil