Will they live?
Will they live?
Last edited by T9D; 11-12-2015 at 08:29 PM.
It isn't the traditional way to divide<g>, but seeing as most of the rhizome is starch, in all likelihood you didn't damage the growing points ( meristem) and they should be fine. You may need to watch for rot in areas behind where the pads are as I suspect the cut tuber will likely degrade, but if you did have healthy sections with roots and pads on both sides...my money says they will make it.
I'll split one of my excess hardy rhizome in the AM and take pictures to A) make sure we are talking about the same thing and B) make it easier to understand what it is I am trying to say.<g>
Last edited by CraigP; 07-18-2013 at 07:48 PM.
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Craig
I hope things work out okay and your tubers survive. Did your tuber have any new crowns started growing from the sides of the tuber, or any new tubers growing from the sides? I think thes may be your best chance for plant survival. They are "new plants" being produced by your plant tuber. Cutting the plant the way you did would open up the tuber to greater chance of rot. Also, I wonder as to the effect of the crown being cut in half. What is done is done. I have sure made my share of mistakes. Ponding gives us plenty of opportunities to make them. Keep us posted so we can all learn from your experience.
Many hardy waterlily rhizome types have dormant buds that run the whole length and all the way around where old petioles (pad stems) had formed. Due to the way you cut the rhizome, I suspect, (if I understand the way you describe your cut) should become active and you may just end up with many more active growth points than if you just chopped the tuber in sections like sausage links.
That said, some do not branch easily. Do you know the name of the waterlily you cut so we can determine what the rootstock type is and what growth habit it has?
Cheers,
Sean
Whups, a hardy waterlily cut length ways along the rhisome eh
Am going to get chips and dip and wait to see what happens
Never heard of anyone trying that
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Please keep us posted on how it does. This is something new to see how it works.
Hardy rhisome, odorata type...
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Dinky small, roundish tropical waterlily tuber
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I have split a rhizome down the center before when there was a small 'node' on the side I wanted to use that wasn't really large enough to stay down in the dirt without more body. It lived and did fine.
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I like that Sue did it successfully, because I looked and I don't have a hardy tuber long enough to bother slicing. Sorry
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T9D. how are the divided tuber plants doing? It has been a week so you wondering if you either see healthy plants or dying plants, some growth or no growth.
TD9 that looks very nice. How big is your pond?