Re: Echeveria

Hello Marilyn, I grow my echeverias fairly well in the PNW. I winter mine in the greenhouse. In the fall I place the pots in a protected area under a deck cover until the first threat of a hard frost and then I put them in the greenhouse. I stop watering them accept to keep the soil from completely drying out. Some bloom during their stay in the greenhouse. I give them a slow release complete fertilizer in the spring and keep them watered well through the growing season. I pretty much treat them in the same way as hens and chicks except of course winter them over in the green house. They are pretty easy care IMO. My favorite is E. 'Mauna Loa'. I haven't had any problems with pests so far.

I pull of any side babies and pot them up. Oh and the hummingbirds love the blossoms!
Debbie
At 08:22 AM 9/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I bought a drop dead gorgeous Echeveria at the Hardy Plant Society Sale last
weekend.  It is large, about the size of a dinner plate and I intend to put
it into a terracotta pot in a cactus mix.  Can anyone tell me about caring
for it?  I'm pretty sure it is tender and it will need to go into the GH for
the winter.  But how about watering, fertilizer, light exposure, etc?  Any
help will be appreciated.

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