Re: dividing Tulbaghia violaceae


> pkssreid wrote:
> > Does anyone have experience in managing this perennial favorite?  Some
> > of the clumps I have are outgrowing the space I have them in, and I
> > would like to shrink them back a bit.  Is it okay just to remove the
> > bulblets around the outside, or do I need to dig up the whole clump and
> > replant the newer outer bulbs in the space?  Do the central bulblets get
> > pithy and die like in some other bulbous plants?
>
> Actually Karrie, Tulbaghia violacea doesn't have bulbs but grows from a
> fleshy rhizome which, so my book says, can be divided in warm spring or
> early summer weather. Dividing under cool wet conditions should be
> avoided or the plants may go into a decline.

Moira - I'd debate this one. Not sure where the original question came from
but, for myself, in a mild winter, virtually frost free climate, I'd say
that winter is the best time of the year to transplant. I do it as a
commercial line, dividing & planting out with no trimming back at all & they
pick up & grow straight through with no setback at all. If I do them in
Spring or Sumer I have to cut the growth back or they collapse. If you're in
a heavily frosted zone it may well be different of course.
Breaking up the clumps stimulates new growth from even the old pieces, so
you don't have to get too fussy about using only new growths.

Regards

Glenn Breayley. Valhalla Bromeliads.
Box 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown.
South Africa. 021 7904253
valhalla@iafrica.com
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