RE: dividing Clivia Judy, Actually, now (just after blooming) is a good time to divide Clivia. Here's a link to a Clivia specialist's guide to dividing Clivia: http://shieldsgardens.com/info/… There should be some happy new owners of Clivia due to your efforts. Good luck, Mike On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > A friend who will be moving is clearing out the 20 ft by 20 ft sun room. I > collected his orange clivia late last week because yesterday was my garden > club's divide and multiply workshop, geared towards garden perennials that > will be sold at the early July arts festival. The clivia would be a high > class addition to our usual offerings. > > I have never divided a clivia. First effort was getting the dang thing out > of its pot. I seriously thought I'd have to take a hatchet to the pot but > eventually out it came. If there wasn't any soil left in the root mass it > wouldn't surprise me. After fruitless twiddling and plucking at the tight > root mass (reminded me of when one of the cats takes a skein of yarn and > runs through the house, under chairs, up and down stairs, then saunters off > leaving me with the tangle) I dumped it in a bucket of water to soak for a > while. > > The roots loosened but not sufficiently to do much good. Casting a prayer > to the gods of chlorophyll I went at it with a serrated knife. Ended up > with three very nice divisions, all with goodly amount of roots. Two good > divisions with minimal amount of roots. And one division with lots of roots > and a growing point but no leaves. > > Took everything home and let them sit in the garage overnight, then potted > them up this morning in a very gritty mix. Did not water. > > Delivered one of the best divisions back to the original owner. Will keep > one for myself. Will tend the others until early July and the plant sale. > Fingers crossed for their survival and recovery. > > This is no doubt the wrong time of year to do this sort of plant butchery > but it was when the occasion presented itself. > > Be gentle while scolding me, but any suggestions / advice on followup care > would be welcome. > > Judy in New Jersey, where it is raining > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/