This a curious thing. Kathy has two giant Hosta plants in the garden next to the house. One of them is huge and when cut back for winter, the low cut plant is 18" wide or more. So it was crowding two other plants and so I took it out for her. That was not easy. I could not believe how packed the roots were together! I had to use a narrow rectangular spade and only put half the width of the blade into the circle of roots and then stand on the shovel with both feet. It took that much force to insert the spade into the remains of the plant! So I went around the edge chopping up the plant in small pieces until it was all removed. It was a deal. What I could not imagine is the density of the roots. There is hardly any room at all for soil between the roots, as you can see here. This photograph is upside down - if you click on the photograph, you can see at the bottom, hints of purple from this year's blossoms. This really is an astounding thing to look at, isn't it?
3 comments:
Good job Ken. Glad you keep active and strong to do thing around your home. Joan
Joan: This WAS a lof of work! Could not believe how tightly those roots were intertwined! Yikes!
That’s what garden helpers do - all the heavy lifting! Cannot believe all the thick roots. I am amazed when I repot a small houseplant and how all the roots are jumbled together. Betsey
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