Re: CULT: digging/dividing times
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- Subject: Re: CULT: digging/dividing times
- From: l* M*
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:59:08 -0400
Maureen Mark in Ottawa replied to Arnold K:
> My general advice to all and sundry on any perennial is to divide a minimum
> of 2 weeks post-bloom and a minimum of 6 weeks pre-frost.
Sounds good to me. Digging & planting aren't necessarily happening at
the same time - a cool evening or morning when the ground isn't totally
saturated (my gravel can be a lot wetter than most people's soil tho) is
best for digging. I always try to plant during a good soaking rain -
yes, DURING. That way, it's usually 10 to 20oF cooler than a sunny
afternoon, and if I'm lucky, gives 2 or 3 days of the cooler wet weather
for them to settle in. It's called 'mudding in', & is usually done with
a hose or buckets of water, but a good soaking rain (remember when we
used to get those on a regular basis???) works just as well and is
cooler.
I have had good success digging and planting before, during, and shortly
after bloom, terrible success planting directly in the ground in the
'best' time to plant (July August). Most amazing experience with
transplants was with the rhizomes that Christy Hensler dug in Washington
(or isit Oregon?) in late March to send to me AFTER our usual late
winter killer freeze - they did GREAT, bloomed normally, and went on to
increase like mad. Too bad I can't get Schreiner's to send an order in
late March....
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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