Texas Gardening: Fickle Tropical Gardeners Grow Fickle Tropical Plants!, 1 by podster

podster wrote:
Sticks ~ sorry, I faded out on you last night. My start was a divide and I am intending to put in ground next spring so will give it a try.

I will use what I call a potato fork or maybe a spading fork? Not sure the real name. It has wide flat tines. I will gently try to work the tines in to do the least damage. Then work the handle back and forth and loosen rhizomes as I go. I think this would be easier in ground than in this oak barrel. I think some of the thizomes are loose on the surface and should be able to pick those out first.

I think I will leave them out to air dry for a few days before replanting. That way if I cut into the rhizomes, they will dry without rotting. May dust with sulpher too.

I love these blooms at night and am thinking of planting only white in that bed when I redo them. Then I get to decide what to put in the oak barrel : )) !

I suspect in your area, I would apply extra mulch to protect. Does the ground actually freeze for you? If it does, you might consider moving to the tropical south ~ lol.

This message was edited Sep 21, 2007 6:33 AM