This is what etiolation looks like! Interesting though huh

Whoa... are those yours, Greg? Actually, other than being a little bit stretched out, they don't really look half bad.

Tim it isn't my plant, it is indoors though amazingly, and my friend has had it for several years, I was pretty surprised to see it! She treats it just like all her succulents. I must say she keeps her house a little chilly so that probably helps with this plant. It is some type of calcareum

That actually doesn't look too bad! I think its how it initially looks puts people off! This was a mostly red one, sempervivum hybrid noir. I put it back outside after it turned entirely green and etiolated! it didn't make it over winter! one day I went out and the rosette was lying on the path the rest was all mushy! I didn't know about propagating the rosette back then so I ditched it!

Wow Sy I do like it! Yes they do turn green indoors But all the babies! My friend's is in a west facing large window so lots of light which is why I think the hens aren't etiolating
Also I'm pretty sure she doesn't water often

Julia and Patty reminded me to cover my semps and I still haven't done that And we have had the wettest October on record, oh why didn't I cover them already
I haven't looked yet so maybe it'll be alright!

What do you cover them with Greg?

Greg, it is so wet out in my beds right now. I am ready for the rain to stop for awhile.

Hope it's ok Greg. We really have had so much rain this month. Tonight on TV they said over 10 inches.

I see Friday is going to be dry! and 62.

I hope all of you dry out soon

Lynn hasn't it just been so wet out! Hooray for dry and warmish!
I'll have time Friday to cover the troughs!!
Daniel I have hoop frames that I put together and then cover with clear plastic with the edges well above the trough so there is lots of air circulation.

I may have to give that a try this year Greg. At least on some of the beds. Not sure I can get 22 of them covered.

Lynn you could do big ones and cover more than one bed at a time. Then you could walk through them. That would be cool. Could garden in the rain.

I remember when I did that with shade cloth. Hmmm, that might work.

Only problem is if we get snow, you have to be out there pulling it off.

I kept waking up during the night worrying about the semp beds.

haha Dreams of semps!! That is when I knew I had a problem, I'd spend so much time looking at semps, live or in photos, that when I sleep I often have them in my dreams now

Yes, Greg I think that is definitely part of the addiction.

Finally got all my beds covered The 30 year average annual rainfall in my town is 99.43 inches! And I bought a rain barrel this summer