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Comment by Barb Z-7b Okla on August 28, 2012 at 6:10pm

Well i Understand the hot weather!! U might get to much rain if Isaac comes your way!! I would keep an eye on that deal for sure!!   I would place  a large trash can unside down/or with lid to dome it, in the middle if U can,  (move plants now to make room)  and drape a big piece of plastic over it anchored with the rocks on the side so it wil drain away from the succulents.. I do this with my small one and it works out great!! But now I dont' have room for the trash can! I wil figure something out later on that!!

Comment by Candi Kleis Maldonado on August 28, 2012 at 5:56pm

Thank you Barb.  I picked up some more plants today but it is just too HOT…97* today.  I'll take more pictures on a cloudy day, thats when the photos look best!

Comment by Barb Z-7b Okla on August 28, 2012 at 5:51pm

thanks jan!! I didnt' think the moss rose would fill out so much!! U see them in containers and they kind of lag some, but these have taken off and filled in to much!! I just need to move some away from the succulents, BUT then again, they do cover them too from the hot sun!! I wil figure it out!! loluck!!

WOW Candi!! O MY GOSH even!! That is just amazing what U have created!! LOVE it!! I wanted to do something simulor but no pickup to get the rocks with.. Here their is a lot of sand stone that would really do nicely but I have NO way to get it here.. cry cry!!  I thought of a piramid too of rock, waste high  or higher and plant it out!! maybe next year!! loluck again!!

Comment by Candi Kleis Maldonado on August 27, 2012 at 11:30pm

Well, I'm finally getting my succulent bed started.  I got a bunch black Lava rock and have set them up and around the bed.  I amended the soil with pearlite, sand, pumice, worm castings, and some charcoal and potting soil.  I have been planting for the last two days and it coming together!   More to follow in the days ahead…my back is aching!   I have been gathering plants for the last 18 months for this project and I think I may have enough.

 I think I need a few darker green colored succulents…………..…Any Ideas?????

Comment by Jan Page on August 26, 2012 at 10:37pm

Barb you did a great job of placing your plants, everything looks so nice to me even though your area has been in a drought!

Comment by Robin (N.IL zone 5) on August 25, 2012 at 5:19pm

It looks wonderful Barb. Im jealous :)

I did get the hen and chicks planted into a tray I want them to have a fighting chance since some of them need to root, then next year I will be planting them in the rock bed. The tray will go into my holding area over winter.

Comment by Barb Z-7b Okla on August 23, 2012 at 12:20pm

My poor paddle plant really got burned up but is coming back just fine.. IF I can keep the hot sun off of it for the rest of the summer.. AS this really looks cramped, PLEASE note that I have left a lot of front openess to expand if needed. As in move the taller non succulents more forword and more succulents later/next year.. I wil do so too it seems..

I need to move SOME of the Moss Rose, thinking of the wheel barrol.. Should do really good their as the rest are dieing out!!

AND Still waiting for the RED hens to turn RED!! hummm.. But they have survived the sun and 107F days!!

All have a GREAT succulent day!! really...

Comment by Barb Z-7b Okla on August 23, 2012 at 12:10pm

I weeded and planted in the new Hens/chicks, Silverine upper, and lower, more of the Red Beauty.. yea, I got some more, but placed them in a more shaded spot I hope.. I found another young Red beauty under the Moss Rose, so it survived the heat..

The whole succulent/other bed with and without the wind sock that seems to help keep the darn ole grasshoppers away!! they wil eat anything and have eaten all the tops of the rose of sharon leaves here!! dang!! They are coming back thou!!

All have a great succulent day!! loluck I know!!

Comment by Barb Z-7b Okla on August 22, 2012 at 6:27pm

Robin did U get yours planted?? I have new hen/chicks too but they are stil not planted yet!! yea, busy weeks lately.. RAINED here all day Sat and that really helped the plants! Dry again but in the high 80F for now.. great weather, I hope it lasts.. right...

My succulent bed is really over grown with weeds, low crawling ones, and the Moss Rose has expanded to cover all the other plants that are surposed to be taller then them!! Ha.. who would have thought... I will get it  weeded and thinned out to replanted this weekend, no other time to get it done.. All take care and POST pics of your succulents!!

 

Comment by Robin (N.IL zone 5) on August 13, 2012 at 6:16am

I just recieved a bunch of new hen and chick's. I currently have them set in a seed tray to give them a head start for a little while before planting them outside in their home.

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