Beautiful photos Jelinda.
And both look wonderfully healthy. The rosette will diminish in size as the offsets grow. Usually her leaves will start pointing upwards, or almost looking like it is closing up as the offsets increase in size.
Here is Purdy's Big Red when she started making offsets. It's leaves were all laid out in a lovely rosette.

Here it is after producing more than 50 offsets

Jackie, Those pics of Purdy's Big Red, for the future, might be consideration fo producer of lots of offsets?

Yes it would. It is definitely a very heavy producer of offsets. Need some?

Lynn, was just pointing this out to Jackie,because she had asked somewhere about whether anybody knew of heavy producer of offsets and Viola! you posted that fabulous picture! Lynn, you have this knack to come to the rescue!

You all bring that out in me.

Lynn what is the time difference in 'Purdy's Big Red'? I'm asking because of the color change,it turned such a pretty red.Is it the closer it got to hot weather or is it getting closer to cold weather in the last photo.They start producing babies in the spring correct,when does it stop producing them? Do they produce babies over a certain period of time then stop or slowly start in the spring & continue until ______?

Was that question clear?I know i asked it a couple different ways trying to be clear.

I wish one or more of mine would produce like that!!! That is a gorgeous plant

I think you have to wait for at least a year for them to get really established and then you'll be seeing chicks! I'm hoping so anyway, because some of mine from last year are large enough now that it should happen this year!!

The first photo is middle of April so just coming out of winter colors, second photo is end of June (warmer weather and more sun). Plus it is a little stressed because of so many offsets, so the red is more intense.
Production of offsets depends on variety and growing conditions. Some may start production very early, like late winter, some hold the tiny babies tucked up under the leaves of the main rosette until drier and warmer spring weather arrives. I also think daylight hours plays a big part in the start of production.
Purdy's Big Red kept producing all summer and into fall. I removed almost all of the offsets thinking it would let the rosette recover. Instead she just started putting out another crop.
Some varieties may just put out offsets once for the year and no more until next year.
I really need to start keeping records of which ones do what.
I can say that Purdy's Big Red is my highest producing semp and Gruenrand is my lowest with 2 offsets for the season.

Interesting

Just looked at the second picture again and they look a lot like the ones in the pictures i shhhhh (posted) wonder,there's no telling what time of year them pictures where taken.If they are winter or summer colors??? Decided i am partial to lime green w/red tips and slender pointy leaves.

I won't tell.
If you are talking about the above to photos, they are in summer colors.
The ones in the book are summer also, they have fresh bloom stalks.
The lime green with red tips is refreshing in the beds when you have a lot of darker colored semps. The contrast is really nice.

Very nice!

Getting back to my roots,(roots what roots) I thought maybe i could go down back where the leaves have never been raked or messed with in anyway that i know of and rake back the newly fallen leaves get up the ones underneath they are already mulch and full of worms.Cover my roots with decayed leaves,strips of newspaper and a bucket of worms keep it wet especially this summer.In no time i will have good dirt.I will just have to keep adding leaves as the worms do their job.

Someone said they did this and i apologize i looked up this page & it's not on here & i don't want to loose what I've typed by going back further but the person who came up with this idea or told me they done it & it worked,how long did it take before you started planting in your new soil?

Chelle,you were the one with this great idea.When i clicked finished i went back & looked then came back & edited my post!! If only i could put the little guy jumping up & down clapping hands or waving his arms whatever it's doing.

Hey Jojoe, I have a couple semps that I thought you'd like the color of! so I'm going off topic and posting them here, since that way you'll see them :)


Cheers

Those are looking nice (and Big), Greg!

Thanks Bev, they seem happy and are getting larger!

Your semps are doing so well Greg!

They are beautiful and you all are getting to know me so well.I love the colors,do you know who they are or are they NOIDS?
Those are recent pictures,i mean those are winter colors? I want to see their spring,summer,fall,and any other color they turn until this time next year.I tell you what just put a time lapse camera on your semps and we can watch it!!!
This is the last ones i bought & planted.It's S.Arachnoideum cv.'cebenese' and they are turning an orange on the outside they are closed up so tightly,the outside is all i can see besides the cobweb top.The baby is turning the fastest and is the (orangish word??)



I figured i named this thread so broadly that really it could refer to any kind of a problem,a mess,a plant,something in a bed etc...
So go off topic

haha! Thanks Jojoe! I love that cabenese! The ones that I posted here are NOIDs, but sometimes for me that doesn't mean I don't remember where it came from and where its chicks are and all that! I just don't have a name...sometimes it means I can't remember anything about it!
These 2 are NOIDs that I remember where I got them and have been keeping an eye on them, waiting for babies, and the one has been such lovely colors all fall/winter - a very light green color! With only a touch of red tips. I've posted it before, but I'll repost so you can see fall compared to now. (oh yeah, in answer to your question, those other photos were taken yesterday)
Here is fall color of the one

Great photos Greg and Jelinda.

Greg, that little red one is fetching. And bless you, you are keeping seasonal photo records of changes.

Jelinda 'Cebenense' is one of my favorite arach type semps, and the first one I owned. I love the way the webbing becomes very heavy in the drought part of the summer. Mine does the same as yours, the youngsters have more color.

Bev is back. Boy have we missed you.

Awww, Lynn... good to be back amongst friends that don't need me to sew something for them...
Love all the semp photos. Photo hungry (and snack satiated) mob is satisfied?