Hello everyone and thank you so much for the fantastic replies and welcome!
I finally found a place to get my granite gravel! Its about the size of chicken grit so just what I was looking for! I used it in a few pots just to get a feel for it - and since a few semps will be spending a little time potted vs in the ground until they give me a few chicks so that I have less risk of 'losing' them ;). I absolutely love it. It fits so much better under their heads and is so much easier to work with...outside of when it ends up falling into the rosettes
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I know I said no photos until they were in the ground, but I am going to have to go ahead and break that promise! Some are a little more cramped than I'd like, but most of these will be going in the ground soon and will be able to grow to their hearts content so its just a temporary 'home'. Also, sorry for the stray dog hairs in a few photos. I have two giant Great Pyrenees, and their hair pretty much ends up in everything
I have no idea if these will post correctly, but I am going to give it a shot!
Gold Marie and Adeltruid left | Blaukraut and Smokey Jet right
Blue Boy and Eomer left | Jeramia right
Treebeard and Blue Light left | Arondina and Slate right
C William and Serapis
Drachenblut and Starshine
Saharasonne and Belladonna left | Dark Cloud and Purple Beauty right
Jungle Shadows | Desert Bloom | Ruby Heart | Purple Passion | Bronco
NOID (was labeled Flamingo but I have since seen in the forums thats not correct >.<) | Red Beauty | Gizmo
Lilac Time and Raspberry Ice
Aymon Correvon | Downland Queen | Grey Dawn | Lady Kelly | Maria Laach | Neptune
Twilight Blues | Rita Jane | Atroviolaceum | Legolas | Pacific Shadows | Commander Hay | Grammens
Saturn | Tederheid | Desert Bloom | Lavender and Old Lace
Grammens | Unicorn | Emerald Empress | Lavender and Old Lace | Plum Parfait / Prairie Sunset (top row l to r)
Pacific Blue Ice | Director Jacobs | Skrocki | Legolas | Boromir | 2 Black chicks (bottom row l to r)
What I call my 'island of misfit semps' - these are ones I ordered from somewhere that sadly came infested with mealy bug - I didnt think they would make it through the harsh systematic dip I gave them all, plus a dip in rubbing alcohol before that and not getting enough light the first week while I kept them in quarantine. 3 did end up dying, and some of these look rough, but seem to be pulling through!
Grey Lady top left | Twilight Blues bottom left | Skrocki (barely hanging in there) | Emerald Empress top right | Purple Passion bottom right
Black | Silver King
Old Rose | Pacific Jordon | Pepito | Proud Zelda | Rose Queen | Silver Spring | Abba
So thats the tally so far
I dunno - I *think* I may have a problem
It doesn't help that I have a long and ever growing want list too haahaa!
