A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Plants and Flowers Forum Cacti and Succulents in the Garden help! some of my hens are getting tall /breaking

some of my hens are growing a stalk in the middle of it. it then breaks. should i trim this before it breaks under the weight? or support it some how? i can't find much to read on hens and chicks - any advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks meg.

Meg I would say it's about to bloom! I wouldn't cut it off just yet!! How long have you had it?? Is it in the ground or potted up!??

After it blooms the mamma hen will die. But you should have plenty of chicks to take over.

The main one will die? I have 2 this year - first ones, they are blooming, so the mama will die? Do I have to transplant the thingies that have bloomed or what? They are planted in some big rocks.

Whatever blooms on hen and chicks will die off. But usually you have plenty of babies to take their places. Cutting off the bloom stalks won't stop them from dying. After they start dying pluck them out and you can rearrange the babies to you liking.