How to Divide

1. Dig the entire clump gently out of the ground with a spading fork or shovel.

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2.Wash soil from the roots. Trim the healthy leaves into fan shapes about 6 inches in overall length. Remove poor leaves and old bloomstalks. Don't compost diseased materials - destroy!

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3. Cut off the outer rhizomes. Discard the old center portion without leaves. Cut off any signs of rot wash rhizomes with a 10% bleach water solution. When dry dust with a fungicide as a precaution.

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4. Plant each division as shown, with the top of the rhizome almost at soil level. Fill in and firm the soil.

Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the Word of our God stands forever.  

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