Oh no not you too Clint! Now you both have me going and its two weeks out!

One week and four days. Not that I'm counting.

(I think it was "weedhopper" wasn't it...oh no, that was the SNL version...nevermind!)
Lynn - I was just thinking its going to be even more exciting when I visit, if there are lots of chicks on the ones you sprayed!

While moving plants to the new beds this afternoon, I noticed that some have tiny babies under the leaves. The birthing process begins.

I noticed several of mine have starts of chicks...they're all the arachnoideum types, do other's feel that these type send out chicks sooner?

My arach types are usually the first to send out offsets. The smooth leaved ones seem to be a little slower getting started. At least for my growing conditions.

Ok, because all of the ones that have chicks are arachs, even ones that are new to me! I keep looking at the smooth leaved ones waiting!

Time for babies! Always an exciting time.

Greg, I'm with you - excited to see the results of this experiement.

My arachs are the only ones with new chicks too. I wonder if they send out their chicks before they spend their energy on building summer webs?

Wll the configure stress the plant? I'm just wondering if you're more likely to trigger flowering if it has to work hard to produce all the extra chicks? If thats likely it might be worth detatching them early to preven them all flowering, as we saw in a different thread not so long ago.

I'm afraid these two rosettes might blooms this year anyway, I've had them for awhile.
I have had many semps rosettes bloom without affecting attached offsets. Except my S. 'Hookerii'. Almost lost the entire colony. Saved enough with twits suggestions on surgery to have enough to get the colony going again.

Also if any of us have bought those "full plant with many chicks" they were probably sprayed by the grower

I never thought about the container grown semps in the stores.

I believe that such sprays are also likely to cause (or increase the chances of) some of the crested/unusual forms that crop up in commercially available plants from time to time. Please watch your sprayed (or non-sprayed) semps for unusual forms and growth patterns.

Very interesting! Twit, you're adding to the suspense!

Now that would be something to write about, a crested Gruenrand.