Today was the first day I could go out in the garden after my recent surgery, but only light work allowed (puttering), so I potted up a bunch of semp chicks. Here are some that I worked on.
One concern is getting chicks on large mature hens for which I do not yet have any chicks. Pleased to spot one chick on a large single mature hen of 'Fame':
LEFT: top view of 'Fame', chick peaking out by label.
RIGHT: pulling off dried basal leaves, 3 more unseen chicks were found.
LEFT: happy to pot up 4 'Fame' immature chicks
RIGHT: chicks potted up, compared to size of hen
LEFT: 'Neptune' is another large mature hen I received without chicks, top view. The rosette looked like it might want to flower.
RIGHT: relieved to discover today the formation of chicks tight inside the mother rosette
LEFT & RIGHT: close-in views of chicks developing tight amongst the leaves, one actually has a very short length of stolon sufficient to detach the chick at this point.
One of the last semp orders I received this spring was from the Semp Patch (aka Goldfinch4), and already chicks are forming. I'm so taken with green 'Grand Mere', looking like a green rose, I was pleased to find 7 chicks just poking out from the two hens, the chicks as plump and cute as the mama. US dime added for scale.
LEFT: chicks of 'Grand Mere'
RIGHT: view with chicks and two Hens, love the rose shape rosettes with deep eye.
'Grand Mere' chicks potted up:
