Propagate houseleek »This is how it works

Propagate houseleek using daughter rosettes

Usually it blooms Houseleek only once, only to die afterwards. However, this only applies to the flowering rosette, because the daughter rosettes previously formed allow the plant to continue to live. Many houseleek species develop rosettes in the second year at the earliest, some not until after flowering. You can simply leave the rosettes where they are and let the plants continue to grow. However, if the new houseleek is to be placed in a different planter or transplanted to a different location, you can proceed as follows:

• Gently pull the rosettes apart with your fingers.
• Fill the desired planter with suitable soil
• or prepare the new location appropriately.
• As earth is suitable Succulent or Cactus soil very good,
• You can also mix the substrate yourself.
• Plant in there The new rosettes
• and pour on lightly.
• The plants will take root quickly and without further care.

The ideal time for such a measure is spring or early summer, when the plants are already calibrated for strong growth.

Sow houseleek

Another possibility is the propagation of houseleek using seeds. Especially rare species are often only available as seeds or They want to use the seeds obtained from their own plants. Since houseleeks are cold germs, the seeds should be exposed to a cold stimulus in order to break the inhibition of germination. Go to the sowing it is best to do the following:

• Fill small growing pots with a nutrient-poor substrate.
• This can be mixed with sand, for example Potting soil be.
• Moisten the substrate with the help of a spray bottle.
• Scatter the very fine seeds on the substrate.
• You can do this with the help of a sheet of paper.
• Put the pots with the seeds outside in January / February.
• A Protection is not necessary.
• The seeds will germinate with the beginning of spring.

Later you can prick out the young plants and plant them individually.