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Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin              |
And what is up with Clinton? Look at the strange spots on the leaves. It's not hail damage or insect damage. Actually, there is no damage, just the spots.  Finally got a picture of Mars Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b)        |
| Wow Chris, Mars is absolutely gorgeous. Wonder if that is the way Clinton starts it's color change? I don't have that one so don't know. It is sure interesting. Can you get a close up of it? |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin |
| I'll try to get a close up after work today. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
 twitcher Sep 12, 2011 11:02 AM CST |
| I see a lot of different heuff's showing spots like that and have always assumed it was insect damage of some sort. My assumption has been that it is slugs trying to feed, but not being very successful. I've never caught any munchers though we do have a lot of slugs here. They are stealth feeders usually. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Twit I believe your observation to be correct. I went out and took some new photos of some heuffs. There is a difference between normal color change process and color change due to damage. I do need to go back out now and get a better close up of the spotted color change to see if we can see what is going on. Passat making normal color change.  Perfection with normal color change and some damage.  Elmo's Fire with a combination of color change, from normal to damage color change.  Chris, can't wait to see a close up of your Clinton. That has a lot of speckling going on. Sure is pretty. : ) |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin |
Close up (ignore all the dirt and garbage that blew on it today). I ran my fingers over the spots and they're completely smooth. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| It will be fun watching what it does Chris. Maybe it is a peculiarity to h. 'Clinton'. Do you have that one twit? If so has yours ever done the polka dots? I really like them, it's so unusual. |
| twitcher Sep 12, 2011 5:36 PM CST |
| My Clinton died shortly after receiving it. Still think the spots are nurture rather than nature. Sunscald from water drops? Chris, it would be nice to watch and see if the spots change or if new ones develop and how quickly that happens. Let's put on our lab smocks and get to work on the puzzle. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Where did you get your Clinton from twit? I've got my lab smock on and a magnifying glass to look at the photos.  |
| twitcher Sep 12, 2011 10:07 PM CST |
| I think it was from a trade with Chris. |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin |
| This is a new plant for me this year. Sorry yours didn't make it Twit. Maybe next year it'll be big enough to divide and we can try again. It's located in my semp bed with tons of other ones, but it's the only one that has anything weird like this going on. Off to find my lab coat. Will try to take pictures at least weekly for a while so we can keep an eye on it.  Maybe we should break 'Clinton' off into a thread by itself so we don't lose the info here. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
| twitcher Sep 13, 2011 5:45 AM CST |
| Now I'm wondering who it was. Lynn? |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Not me twit, I don't have Clinton. |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin |
| Twit, I had sent it to you this spring. I had ordered one and actually received two. Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
| twitcher Sep 14, 2011 1:03 PM CST |
| Sorry, running behind on everything this year, including keeping the inventory up to date. |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin |
 I hear ya - I have to work on mine one of these days too. Along with the other 8000 things I have to get done! Cubits Store: The Sempervivum Patch - plants, containers, accessories! Also stop by Timber Treasures and Garden Buddies on Cubits |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
I think this is about the most overwhelming time of the year, at least for me. Some time this winter I may get caught up.  |
| twitcher Sep 14, 2011 8:20 PM CST |
| Yes, I'll have to start moving my rhipsalis and ee's indoors in the next week or two to beat the frost in about a month from now. |
Name: Lynn Dallas, OR (Zone 8b) |
| Okay now you are making me feel panicky twit. We still have company, still trying to get caught up on the yard, still have about 100 semps in nursery trays that need planting. Sighhhhh.  |
| twitcher Sep 14, 2011 8:32 PM CST |
| Naw! You're in the PNW, you have lots of time assuming you don't get that earthquake or tsunami! |
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