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any success dividing a Baptisia?
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wren-garden zone 5b/6 (
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Wed, Sep 7, 11 at 15:45
Mine has become huge and crowding it's neighbors. I know they have a deep tap root and I may be asking for trouble. Has anyone ever divided one with success? Or,Am I just going to have to move out all the neighbors instead? It is a blue and I love it but it has become so wide. Thanks!
Elizabeth |
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RE: any success dividing a Baptisia?
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| I received a division in the middle of the growing season from my brother-in-law, and several years later I gave him a division back. Each time with succes. Contrary to what has been written in this forum , the plant had gigantic roots in all directions. No taproot detected while digging. |
RE: any success dividing a Baptisia?
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| We tried digging up our baptisia in the spring and gave up. It was worse than any shrub I've successfully moved. The root ball after being in the ground 7+ years was very thick and dense. |
RE: any success dividing a Baptisia?
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| I've never divided them but I've moved mature Baptisia successfully. If you see an obvious spot on the crown for division, perhaps you can try slicing through it with a really sharp spade (sometimes I just saw through soil and all with an old pruning saw to divide really tough plants this way) and leave part of the original plant in the ground as insurance and then dig around the outside of the other piece and transplant that. |
RE: any success dividing a Baptisia?
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RE: any success dividing a Baptisia?
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| Thanks everyone! I will give it a try. I will loosen around the plant with a fork and then divide with a shovel down the center and plant the half lifted out some place else. Well that is how we learn. Elizabeth |
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