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Default Re: For The Love Of Saba

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Originally Posted by TommyMacLuckie View Post
The other nice thing is the one grove I have has about 3 nice sword suckers on it so I'm going to be moving them around at some point. I just need to figure out when to cut them. Which, for these plants, I really don't know.
You have to go way deep on the corm...think Palmetto Palm..the corm is very thick and attaches close to the parent. Separate when they are short and cut as close to the mother as possible. I have cut them off at ground level (same pup numerous times) just to thin them and when guests come over I would separate a very short plant (that I had previously trimmed) that weighed well over ten pounds. They are very durable...they pop pups out of (all over the) corms that I have dug up and composted.
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