Thanks! Yes, they are all grown from seeds. It took me 4 years to perfect the method. First year was a disaster because I wanted to have them grow faster and did not have patience. I have painfully found that JMs Seeds germination requires a lot of patience since JMs seeds need to go through 3 to 4 months of stratification in refrigerator or cold weather. Moisture levels have to be perfect, not too wet and not too dry. In Texas, it would definitely be in control environment. I have kept mine in bags inside refrigerator around 35°F , make sure not below freezing. Once seeds start germinating after 90 days, I have started transferring them to smallest pots available for first year and keep upgrading every year or couple year to larger pots.
I have also started growing Sempervivums from seeds. Similar to JMs , semps. that are grown from seeds will not look exactly like their parents. Recent years growing certain type of plants became a passion of mine. I am trying to see if I can get some variety that will tolerate heat and direct sun at the same time because Texas summers can be normally stressful and also can be brutal in some cases for Semps and JMs if they are left under direct sun at 100°F weather. I am hoping a few of these will survive summer fine but time will tell which ones are more robust. Below are the pictures of some Sempervivums I have grown from seeds, There are about 1500 seedlings and they are 5 months old, I started planting them in pots and raised beds. It appears that I will need to move into house with larger backyard. I love to have good size green house.
Thanks,
Ridvan
