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May 14, 2011 8:51 PM CST
Name: BlueFox
Grand Forks, B.C. Cdn. Zone 5A (Zone 4a)
Romantic & Rustic, Xeric & Organic
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers cold winters Sempervivums Sedums Garden Art I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Your seedlings look great Arlen.

You won't see much difference between them until they start to colour up in the late summer - even now, almost a year later, I'm still amazed at the differences in mine.

I have some that produce chicks really early, others that still have none. some are pointy leaved, some tightly clustered, some wooly, some smooth.

All are amazing, and I can't bear to give any up until I have some chicks off them.

They are the coolest plants.

I've saved seed now for a whole new mix of small types, and larger types. They could still be all mixed of both kinds, as they are insect pollinated as you know. It will be so interesting to see how those look a year from now.

You'll see why the advice to sow thinly once you try to prick them out to repot them. The problem I've had is that if they're really crowded, they stall and won't grow, so you may have to line them out in a clean flat, and separate them a bit. It's very fiddly work, it leaves me with the jitters! It's worth it in the end when they start showing their adult colours and shapes.

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