Re: Cimicifuga help??
- Subject: Re: [SG] Cimicifuga help??
- From: H* Z*
- Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 16:09:51 -0500
Hi Rob--Thank you very much for the detailed description/prescription.
Hank Zumach
Stoddard, WI
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From: S. & R. Illingworth <illingwr@AIR.ON.CA>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] Cimicifuga help??
> Over the years we also have had a few sick and slowly dying cimicigugas.
If
> faced with a sick plant I usually opt to get to know better before its
gone.
> Get the shovel and dig it up. Wash the roots clean of soil. You may find
> small parts of the plant are sound; small new shoots are what I look for
but
> there can be larger pieces that look healthy. Ease (or cut) these free
from
> parent. If the shoots have new roots all the better but even if not you
can
> still work with them. I might put a weak rooting hormone on the cuts if
the
> shoots have no roots. Into clean pots with a 50/50 peat moss and pearlite
> mix. Water with a fungicide added and into the shade. Keep moist but not
too
> wet. In a few weeks, with some luck, you may see new growth and you can
take
> it from there.
>
> When I divided a congested Saruma this spring I cut off, by mistake, three
> very small emerging shoots without any roots. After following the above
> procedure they all rooted within 4 weeks.
>
> Just keep repeating the mantra "This plant wants to live".
>
> -rob
>
