Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: mrs bouquet on September 09, 2019, 16:05
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I recently purchased a Verbascum Rigida. Lovely plant, but very pot bound in a 2ltr pot. My aim is to split it down and pop 2 or 3 around the beds. I know I should do it with 2 forks or spades, but I might not be strong enough. Will it be ok to use my little garden saw if I need to. :unsure: Mrs Bouquet
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Verbascum or Verbena Rigida? :unsure:
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Verbena - I always get those two in a muddle :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: Mrs B
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Try to pull the roots of each bit apart, if you saw it you risk cutting the roots off one piece.
That's what I did yesterday - an old wooden barrel had broken apart, so had to empty It and tipped out an old fuchsia bush. I couldn't separate the roots, so sawed through the middle (I thought!) Thus finally prised apart it turned out one half had all the roots. I suspect the all but rootless part will die despite both parts being hard pruned. Oh well ::)
Good luck if you do have to take the saw to yours.
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Thanks Mum, I will clip some of the but off the bottom and then tease it with my fingers. Sorry to hear about your plant. How aggravating. I have to saw the bamboos in halves, when they finally become root bound in their big tubs ::) Thanks again, Mrs Bouquet