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Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: Palustris on November 12, 2017, 10:42:57 AM

Title: Roscoea roots
Post by: Palustris on November 12, 2017, 10:42:57 AM
Just been digging up and trying to split up clumps of various Roscoea. Out of interest, are the 'tubers' like Dahlia ones and need a piece of stem to be able to grow or do they have a growth point at the top?
Title: Re: Roscoea roots
Post by: Ian Y on November 12, 2017, 01:25:13 PM
My experience is that you need a bit of the stem when you divide to get success.
Careful cutting through the small stem shoot with a sharp knife or scalpel so you leave a bit on every root is the way. I have tried to grow on bits of roots that got  broken off without success.
Title: Re: Roscoea roots
Post by: Palustris on November 12, 2017, 05:18:38 PM
Thought as much, thanks.
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