Dividing Crinum

[@jerimcgee]

Eric Clapton with a gardening show

[@jonwoodson7537]

I really enjoy your lessons!...I have to divide an enormous 30+ year old clump I took from my parent's house. The bulbs seriously weigh 10-15 lbs and have bloomed nonstop no matter how poorly I have treated them, LOL. I'm going to incorporate these in my landscape remodel and plant them in the ground so they can ramble...

[@DIANEJAPAN]

That's very helpful! Thank you! My crinum is huge and very healthy, although it freezes in the winter here in southern Kyushu, Japan. It is bright green and very happy. I wonder if I can divide it now, or it I should wait for it to die back in the winter?

[@tallen3549]

I've been wondering what to do with mine! We have several patches, but one is so big, and the leaves are so long, that I had to build a make-shift fence around it this year to keep them upright. Next project acquired!

[@Pentalinda]

Thank you! This is just what I needed to know.

[@momsrokmork6309]

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[@phyllisadellesherer531]

THANK YOU! Mine is years old and now crowded - it hasn't bloomed in 2 yrs. I was searching for how to break it up. (South Carolina)

[@PottedJewels]

Gosh,so huge clump!

[@farmlush]

And lucky we have good dirt to dig it from!

[@cherylhuyck4622]

How old was the clump of rhizomes?

[@lushlifebulbs8531]

Those were single bulbs about the size of a soft ball planted three years ago.

[@teaffo]

Hi jenrks, do you carry crinum latifolium plant?

[@farmlush]

No I sure don't. Sorry.

[@back2rootsmyalabamahomeste186]

I'm in west central Alabama and I need to divide the crinum. Can I do this early fall or should I wait until spring or does it matter.

[@lushlifebulbs8531]

Kind of depends on species -- if it's a cold hardy one, you can do it now. If it's something like C. jagus or C. asiaticum, I'd wait till spring.

[@back2rootsmyalabamahomeste186]

@@lushlifebulbs8531 thanks, it is cold hardy, so I have began to start dividing, they have really grown and produced. Its hard, lol

[@jul7673]

I see your spade leading edge is flat; when do you choose that vs one that is curved?

[@farmlush]

I prefer a flat spade -- it's useful for trenching. Also when cutting and dividing I feel I have more control. But more important to me than shape is that this a heavy duty, angled in weld between handle and blade.

[@farmlush]

I chose by the quality of the spade, these are King of Spades. But I feel like I have better control with a flat blade.

[@dawnreardon67]

What time of year do you do this?

[@lushlifebulbs8531]

In our climate, US Zone 8, we do it all year. But in general, crinum like to be divided when the soil is warm.

[@tatianaivanful]

So with no bulbs, - for instance, you accidently cut a pup off,- this pup is going to die, right? Even in water? It's not pushing roots in water?..