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Dividing Tubers

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Posted by esspee BC (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 1, 07 at 15:37

What's the best way to divide tubers? I'm about to dig out mine and some are massive with lots of tubers on them. Are they delicate or can I just hack away at them?

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RE: Dividing Tubers

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Depending on how large your clumps are, how many years in the ground, I'd advise going for the 'delicate' approach. hacking will destroy viable tubers, break necks and not guaranty you get an eye on each tuber or clump portion.

If you have a huge, heavy clump, then hacking just to break it up may be the better option to start; then move on to more delicate tuber division. Many people store whole clumps or mini clumps and look for sprouts in spring before dividing further. If you have space for this, that's another way to go.

An article here from this forum
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/dahlia/msg0913415430587.html

Jroot's spring division and potting thread with photos
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/dahlia/msg041343391520.html

And some photos to ID eyes, some division photos at this link. I have even better photos I may get to posting one day soon.

Here is a link that might be useful: another eye/dividing thread

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Pooch, Still some good information in your old thread there. Not all Poochievision pics either.

Delicate VS hacking does depend on how many you want to save or try to have for next year. I don't fully divide mine until spring - they are stored in mini clumps of 2-4 tubers.

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