This thread is possibly helping many people living in similar conditions and wanting to grow semps!! Yes please keep us updated!
Even though you lost some the table looks great!

ricos said:Hi Neli

I think your course sand and pine bark is probably a great mix for your semps. A little pearlite will loosen it up even more. That way you will not have rot when it rains every day
They seem to be recovering from their long journey just fine. The garden soil, as you found out will cause some rot. None of us use Peat in semp. mix...ever. It holds way too much water. Instant rot.
I have grown a couple of ice plants (Delosperma ) straight from South Africa.
They didn't do much for the first month but then were fine.
I am very interested to hear how this works for you.
Keep us posted.

thank you!
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So far my semps are doing fine. I ordered some more from Germany and they arrives few days ago. One was totally dry, and two started flowering in the box he he he. so I guess they will die. I found another semp trying to flower so I chopped off the top in the hope that I will get some pups.
My old semp is gone crazy after I repotted it. I have never seen a semt so big and definitely not this one. I had it for 5 years and it was always tiny, now is like 16cm diameter. I guess the shade from a tree helps since they were always in full sun.
I ordered some huge semps from Face book also from USA but they are not here yet.
the picture is the 30 semps from Germany.

canadanna said:Welcome Neli!
You have some challenges in Zambia! How hot does it get in the summer? Maybe the high elevation is a plus , since these are mountain plants.
My best performing Semps are from a NOID mix I bought from Lynn.




Thought you might like a pic of "African Hosta" in the foreground

Thank you! I think we have the best climate in the world. Never hotter than 30C and never colder than 6 C. Not too sure how seps will do here but so far so good. I have even become bold and ordered some more. I took all the semps from the communal pot and planted them each in a cement DIY pot. I make all my pots he he he.
Here is a picture of the semps from Germany flowering.

joanhil1 said:Hi Neli....Welcome!!

Hello everyone..just an update: most of my Semps did well this spring..produced a lot of babies, but I have lost some ,too, due to rot..infact, I lost the entire colony of my gloriosum
It's getting hot and very humid now and it's not even 'summer' yet...
Pics of my semp bed/table today..

Hi Darling your semps are looking good! I want to ask a question:
When are semps more prolific in giving babies>when young or older. Do they stop producing pups at some age?
Here are semps I ordered from surreal succulents UK. They are now recovering and looking better.

valleylynn said:Neli your new semps are looking great, all of them are. They seem to love your growing conditions.

Anna you definitely did the right thing by getting rid of the dead part and replanting the offsets. Boy, they are really looking good. Looks like you figured out what works in your area to keep them happy.

Thank you!
I have now moved them gradually to full sun and they have few pups but tiny ones. The second picture above is the semp I sliced the top off and planted. It looked to me as if it plants to flower>slight elongation and raise of the center.
Well the top looks OK so far but too early to tell. I never found any info on slicing semps, but I slice my echeverias so decided to do the same to it too. he he he. What will happen? Any idea?

Hi Neli yes good idea on slicing the bloom off the top, they may offset!

Hi everyone... I did slice off this mama semp at the point where it started to elongate .. I cut it before it gave out flowers..... now it's growing some chicks...

Awesome. If I am not mistaken, I don't see flower buds there and that means they are new chicks instead of more flowers. Your results were better than mine although I think it's just a roll of the dice. The plant may decide one way or the other.

Update : I put extra "shade" to my semp bed even though it's already under the eaves.. with that 105 temp we had last week, the semps took it really well..... 2 more 'hot' months to go...we'll see..

They sure look happy and healthy, Johanna! Whatever you have been doing is working.

Johanna it looks like you have found the secret to keeping semps happy in your part of the country.
They look wonderful.
If that rosettes starts showing more signs of blooming cut it down further into the rosette. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. : )

I like the idea of the the clothe. Is it burlap? I put a lawn chair over my pot of semps to shade it

@ Anna, I just used sheer curtains..

Johanna what a great use of shear curtains. I love that idea.

Great idea...darn it, I knew I shouldn't have gotten rid of mine.

These re the NOID I got from Lynn a few years ago. They stayed out all winter and made it through a rainy February! I wish I could recreate this!

You can, Anna. Get another terra cotta pot (or is it plastic?) and plant some offsets or members of the colony into the new pot and by next year, you should have something very similar!

I don't know what soil combination I used. I think that is part of the success as well as the terra cotta pot

Ann that is beautiful. I agree with Bev. Just take a hand shovel and sink the blade into the soil, pry it back so you get see what the soil looks like. That should give you an idea on what to use.
Keep us updated.

P.S. Those are some very happy looking semps.