Today I Divided the Crinum
Judy Glattstein via pbs (Mon, 06 Jul 2020 10:48:30 PDT)

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/…