Pat72's blog: Balcony Bliss

<h1 align="center">Saving Sempervivums</h1>
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<p>I’ll jump to it as quickly as I can.  I recently asked what type of semp I had on the <a href="http://garden.org/forums/view/chooks/">Sempervivum and Jovibarba</a> forum article found here: <a href="http://garden.org/thread/view/18542/Identify-Sempervivum-Help/?offset=20#end_of_thread">http://garden.org/thread/view/18542/Identify-Sempervivum-Help/?offset=20#end_of_thread</a></p>
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<p>Great help as usual, but now I have an issue that has completely caught me off guard and I need as much help as I can get here.  Especially with my very limited knowledge of semps and plants in general being a fact.</p>
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<p>The owner of this beautiful collection of semps suffered an unfortunate and disheartening incident.  He was robbed early in the morning at gunpoint while reading his newspaper on his patio.  This is a very rough side of town as is, and he was hurt pretty badly.</p>
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<p>This incident has caused enough trauma to inspire him to move out of this property where I work.  He lives alone, and is in his middle to late 60’s.  He is a super great guy, and I hate to see him go.  He mentioned to my property manager that he likes me, and happy that I keep an eye on his semps for him.</p>
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<p>The bigger problem comes after he moves out.  The VP of the company itself wants to ‘reset’ all patios on all of their properties company wide, which yes, would mean I as the maintenance supervisor would have to remove all of the semps.  I have resolved to satisfy the wishes of the VP, but I won’t put them in the trash.</p>
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<p>So yes, I want to attempt to transplant them in pots and bring them home; as many of them as I possibly can.  Do I dig very deep under each plant?  Do I remove the soil they are growing in completely, or dig them out with the soil they are already in?  I am so uncertain about doing a transplant like this, but I’d rather try and fail rather than just throw these into the trash!</p>
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<p>I don’t know the exact date of his move-out, but I’m sure I have a little time to prepare.  Please help if you can, I hope to save every one of these semps, thank you!</p>

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