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7/27/2013

 
First of all, I wanted to thank all the new readers who are following Gardening Succs!  I really appreciate it.  This blog has gone from zilch, zip, nada to about 200 visitors each day (with a high of 800!), and the Gardening Succs Facebook page has over 1000 "likes."  Thank you!

Next, a confession: I suffer from propag-addiction, one of the most common succulent ailments around (more info on specific ailments soon--I feel another infographic coming on...).  Sooo, following the growers at Lone Pine, I decided to start using flats for the plants I both (1) already have several of and (2) would like to grow more of.  But since I don't have enough of any one type to fill a flat, I used two different kinds to fill a flat:
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Another flat: sempervivum tectorum calcareum on the left, echeveria (glauca? secunda? imbricata?) on the right.
In the next flat I made, I used four different kinds.  (So far, I've only made these two flats.)
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Last week, it occurred to me to use different colored rocks to separate types of succs within a flat.
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Here's a closer photo of the truncatas (and a couple truncata x maughanii hybrids).
What am I going to do with the new plants?  Sell them?  Give them away?  Propagate more plants and see if I can get on "Hoarders?"  I have no idea.  Most likely, I'll try to trade them with other succulent aficionados for plants I don't have yet.

For many of my plants, though, I only have one or two specimens.  Or three.  Or four.  (Whatever--don't judge me.)  Here's a shot of the inside of part of my greenhouse.
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Several flats of 2-inch pots, roughly arranged by type
And lastly, just for fun, two random pictures I took in my backyard the other day.
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The other day I was watering succs on my deck, moved a pot, and found this baby echeveria shaviana rarin' to go!
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I adore my agave blue glow a lot! I've had it for about a year and wonder if I should repot it soon.
Thanks again for being awesome, and for sticking around to watch this blog grow.  I promise you, it'll only get better!
Jess H
7/27/2013 07:14:48 pm

You have an awesome collection there! I'm no psychiatrist, but I think you definitely have a problem keeping your propagating in check. I unfortunately have the same problem. Please let me know if you find a cure :)
I would love to see the episode of Hoarders featuring someone addicted to succulents/propagating plants!

Merralyn
7/28/2013 08:43:31 am

Love your blog! You're a hoot! Just fell in love with succulents in May during a trip to San Luis Obispo. I only have 7 different plants but some of the jelly beans have sprouted new babies and I think I will have your problem soon.

Debra Lee Baldwim link
7/28/2013 10:06:38 am

Love the color blocks using different gravels.

The other day I noticed some bright bits of red on the ground in a part of the garden populated largely by blue-tinged Sedum rubrotinctum 'Aurora'. It turned out to be 'Aurora' leaves in various stages of root and leaf production. The roots are red; the beadlike leaves, pale greenish white. Not that it matters, but I wish I knew why new roots are red, don't you?

Gardening Succs link
7/30/2013 04:32:26 am

Ooo, I sure do. Hm, one hypothesis is that they turn red when they're exposed to more light or heat, so they're normally white but show stress in the root color...

Cassidy link
7/29/2013 06:19:39 am

Congrats on getting 1,000 likes on your FB page. That's so exciting! I love all the little plants in the first photo. So fun!

Candy Suter link
7/31/2013 05:44:26 pm

Woohoo, you are a succulent hoarder! Welcome to the club!

Stephanie
6/26/2014 12:43:28 pm

I have a problem too haha but where can I get those 2" pots? I'm using old coffe pods right now.


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