I posted in the Chat and Photos thread but felt it might be better, since I am such a novice, to ask my many questions in a separate thread, and maybe other newbies to these plants can come here too.
I'd been given a mixed container of semps and various sedums, some hardy and some not, so I've been dividing it up and trying to identify what's what and who needs what etc.
One clump of semps I'd originally put in the ground outside but then decided it needed to be divided since it was all clumped up and had been hanging over the edge of the original container, looking for a home for its many babies.
I lifted and divided it, and here's that photo:
Lynn had some good advice:
valleylynn said:Kyla thank you for the photos.
Good news, these are not Jovis, they are sempervivum, so it will be okay to plant them now. Jovibarba heuffelii is difficult to divide this time of year, and would be prone to rot dividing them right now.
First clean all dead leaves from them, then place the tiny rosetted in containers with dry potting mix with some sand added. Just lay them on top of the mix. Put the containers in a protected area outside where they won't get rain. You want to keep them on the dry side until they start making new white roots.
These plants don't do well indoors, they need the winter dormancy to stay happy and healthy.
So, now I've done that step of cleaning off the dead leaves:
I'm gathering I need to separate all the littles from the bigs, even the ones that are still hanging on?
And I guess it's okay to lay the teeny ones in a large-ish container? (I don't have that many small ones haha.)
Also, they've been inside, drying, where it's pretty warm. Outside, it's going to be warmish for a few more days and then the temps are going to plunge in the night, around the end of the week. I wonder if the sudden shift will be a shock. I also would like to know if I might just moisten the potting mix a bit before I lay the starts on it. How long can they go with no moisture at all?
See? Many questions! so maybe best not to clog up the other thread with all this.
And,
Edit:
@valleylynn and
@dave, not sure why that quote showed up twice?
