Thanks Lynn, that's a very cool Red Lion pic.
I'm in no hurry to see the rosettes at absolute max size, I just want some in specific places huge eventually.
I'm just wondering if anyone has done (or knows the results of) this experiment: Two rosettes of the same species are grown under the same conditions, one being left to clump naturally, one having every chick ever produced be removed from the plant and the area. Will the rosette with all chicks removed be larger in diameter at maturity?
I've seen the idea put forth in two blogs that it forces the rosette to focus on growth instead of reproduction (supporting chicks), and then today I also stumbled over this quote on this forum from Twitcher on May 30, 2013:
"Growing conditions can have a big effect on size. If you want large ones, transplant a young rosette to a private spot. Semps appear to communicate with each other when growing in a clump to keep the sizes down."
Anyone know if it makes a definite difference? And why?
