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Prepare Hens and Chicks for Miniature Container Garden

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Separating Hens and Chicks

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Take your hens and chicks out of their nursery pot. Gently pull them apart - they should separate pretty easily. The hens are the large rosettes and the chicks can be connected to a hen by a ropey shoot called a stolon. If a chick is connected by a stolon, just cut off the stolen at the base of the chick.

Don't include any flowering hens in your container garden because they die after flowering and will leave a hole.

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