The Major Thing I Did Today I divided the large pot of crinum. I knew this would be a (apologies to female dogs) b*tch of a job. It involved setting up work area over by tool shed. Wrestling crinum and offsets out of a 13 inch diameter pot. As I thought the soil was a solid mass of roots. It took two spading forks back to back to start prying the smaller offsets away from each other. Took the second largest crinum bulb down to tropical garden at the bottom of the driveway and planted it. Severe root damage. It was planted very deeply, watered in stages - first when set in hole, then when partially back-filled, and finally after filling and mulching. It is supposed to rain this afternoon, again tomorrow, and also on Wednesday. I set a tall plastic garbage can with no top or bottom over it (looks like a very large cylinder) for some protection against transplant shock. It might winter over. We shall see. Pried largest bulb - the one with with pseudostem and whirligig of leaves 3 feet high - free of entanglements and potted in a different, nicer pot. Potted seven smaller divisions. They had better find new homes before winter because there is simply no room in the greenhouse for them. And now - right now I am drinking a large mug of yesterday's solar tea with the last of the limeade concentrate (made lemonade concentrate yesterday) while the sweat dries and the acetaminophen kicks in. Then I shall shower and go soak my head. After which I will wash bluejeans. There's enough dirt on this pair that they could possible stand up on their own. Judy in summery western New Jersey where the weather station up on the roof reports current temperature of 96.3 degrees Fahrenheit -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Dividing Crinum_2020-07_my hand and largest bulb.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 146561 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Dividing Crinum_2020-07_largest bulb and new pot.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 169611 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
