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In the past week, several people have contacted me asking for information on propagating hens and chicks. I guess it is just that time of year again. As the weather warms from winter into spring, sempervivum plants begin to put out babies. By the time summer hits those baby chicks have grown quite a bit and people start to wonder, "Do I pull this chick off now, or leave it on the stem?"When to Propagate Offsets (that's the official name for the baby chicks produced by the mother plant) begi

Don't over-water. Hens and chick plants die from too much water. They are drought tolerant and don't need to be watered very often. I'm sure that anyone starting to grow hen and chick plants has heard or read something like this. I'm here to say, not always true.The Experiment I took two hen and chick starters and planted them side by side in plastic cups. One container had holes for drainage, the other did not.Over-Watering I filled the cup without holes until water pooled above the soil. Whene