Re: Aster division

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• Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:25:45 -0600
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> From: ralph crump <rjcrump@skipjack.bluecrab.org>
> To: seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: RE: Aster division
> Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 8:41 AM
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> From: 	Jean Halverson[SMTP:jahalve@mhtc.net]
> Sent: 	Sunday, March 01, 1998 12:22 PM
> To: 	seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: 	Aster division
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> Hi--Thanks to El Nino, the frost is out of the ground.  I have some
> Aster cultivars such as A. nova-angliae 'Purple Dome' and nova-belgii
> 'Royal Opal'.  Can I dig them up now and divide them or dig beside them
> and try to separate off part of the root system without digging up the
> whole plant?  If so, I plan on putting the new pieces in a cold frame
> for a little more protection until spring actually arrives.
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> Thanks,
> Jean Halverson
> sw Wisconsin, zone 5a
>  I think you would be pushing your luck to divide now.  I am in Zone 7 on
the Eastern Shore of Md and mine are just about 1 inch above ground and I
am going to wait a couple more weeks.
> Jean Crump
> wait awhile before you divide,plants will not grow until the soil warms
up..they will be stressed from dividing, cool temperatures may stress them
to far you have plenty of time....... 

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