Re: dividing restios

on 1/29/06 12:12 PM, Joe Seals at gardenguru@yahoo.com wrote:

> Vegetative propagation is usually done by removing outer, small clusters.
> Breaking up the inner stuff leads to disappointment.

Nan, Joe,

I have grown Chondropetalum tectorum in a five-gallon plastic nursery can in
a two-foot deep pool, raised on bricks so that the top of the soil is level
with the water.  Each February, when the rose pruning is over, I cut back
the old shoots, being careful not to damage the new shoots if they have
emerged.  Then I knock the plant out of the pot (cut it if necessary). split
the root ball into four parts without disturbing the remaining ball, cut out
any dead roots, and repot.  I put one back in the pool and keep the others
until they are fully established.  I have never lost one.

John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23
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