I've been giving some serious thought to getting a garden slave. Just a bit of intensive weeding, some fence building, perhaps some digging, nothing much.

Garden slave - I like that term!

I want a house slave. I like the gardening. I do need some garden muscle, for the heavy parts I can't do.

Terri, right now that is my title, I would love to have some one to bestow the title on. Any takers?

I could use a house slave too - I hate house cleaning!

Looks like we are out of luck on this one Jacki. I don't see any takers.

I'm willing, but it requires a 6 figure income, 25 hour work week, 401K, health, vision, dental, paid winters off. Interested parties please respond via c-mail

Well, looks like I will remain a house slave.

I actually don't mind cleaning, but obviously like gardening better. What I need is more time!

valleylynn said:This thread will be devoted to experimenting with bolting (flowering) sempervivum. We hope to find a reliable way to save cultivars that are new to our collection, or that we only have one or two rosettes.

Here are my experiment plants:

S. arach 'Ali' 6/9/2011 coning, S. arach 'Ali' 6/9/2011 cone removed and the cone top planted to see if it will grow.

S. 'Duke of Windsor' 6/9/2011 coning, Duke of Windsor 6/9/2011 coning removed and cone top planted to see if it will grow.

So far the only ones I am having a problem with blooming are the arach type or fuzzy ones.

Both arach 'Ali' and S. 'Duke of Windsor' are showing signs of regrowth.
Now the wait to see if they will be non blooming offsets.

So, just over a week, and it's already showing signs of new growth. Amazing. Can't wait to see if they are chicks!

I try not to go look every 5 minutes. I feel like a mother hen setting a clutch of eggs. Sure hope they hatch into lovely chicks.

I'm just marking this thread so I can see when new information arrives. My only Legolas bolted.

Was it a new plant this year Tabby? Have you cut off the bloom stalk? You sure can't loose anything by doing it. I am starting to see new growth on the ones I did one week ago. Keeping fingers crossed.

Sometimes a flower spike will also generate offsets on the spike. It doesn't always happen but can. What I'd like to test for one of these days is does cutting the flower stalk off so that the plant generated another one increase the chance of it making offsets on the second (or third or fourth...) flower stalk. I really can't think of a good way of testing this other than trying it a lot with and without cutting it off and keeping some statistics.

I did the surgery, and the flower stalk is producing chicks! How amazing is that?

Photos Jacki, photos. Please.