Re: tools
- Subject: Re: tools
- From: "Merri Morgan" m*@wcgnet.net
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:04:22 -0500
I don't think the double fork method, which works great on hostas for
example, would work at all on some perennials--salvias, for example.
Merri Morgan
Zone 5b, WV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth" <bethperennial@hotmail.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: tools
>
> All this talk about garden tools prompts a question... I've always divided
> perennials by chopping a clump into sections with a shovel. However, as
> others have noted, this can be a challenge with some. In fact, sometimes I
> just throw away parts of a clump because it's just too much of a pain to
> divide it further (and yea, I probably don't really need any more of those
> things). Anyway, back to the question... I always read about using the
> double fork method to divide perennials - is this easier than chopping
with
> a shovel? And what do you do when the shovel just seems to bounce off the
> root ball rather than cutting it?
> Beth (zone 5 Michigan near Traverse City, where we seem to get some snow
> every day... not a lot, just enough to freshen things up)
>
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