momoese
09-13-2005, 07:33 PM
Today was pup removal day here at the casa. My pup Chica decided to help. Here we are getting ready to dig.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup043.jpg
These are the pups to be removed.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup044.jpg
Some digging around to get all the roots with the pup.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup045.jpg
The cut pup.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup048.jpg
The first removed pup. It looks small but it measured 4-1/2 feet from the bottom of the corm to the tip of the tallest leaf. This is also the first pup to be taken from any of the plants in my yard!
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup052.jpg
Here it is wrapped in moist newspaper ready to be plastic bagged.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup055.jpg
And here is Chica putting her seal of approval on the packing job. The box is about 5 feet long and weighed about 7-1/2 pounds! Hope it gets there in one piece.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup057.jpg
In the process of digging the pups out I learned that I'm not watering deep enough and the soil is going back to clay in just 5 months after serious ammending and and continued mulching. I think i need to just remove all the clay soil from my yard down about ten feet and back fill it with sand and compost! :rolleyes:
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup043.jpg
These are the pups to be removed.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup044.jpg
Some digging around to get all the roots with the pup.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup045.jpg
The cut pup.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup048.jpg
The first removed pup. It looks small but it measured 4-1/2 feet from the bottom of the corm to the tip of the tallest leaf. This is also the first pup to be taken from any of the plants in my yard!
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup052.jpg
Here it is wrapped in moist newspaper ready to be plastic bagged.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup055.jpg
And here is Chica putting her seal of approval on the packing job. The box is about 5 feet long and weighed about 7-1/2 pounds! Hope it gets there in one piece.
http://home.comcast.net/~momoese/ebayimages/pup057.jpg
In the process of digging the pups out I learned that I'm not watering deep enough and the soil is going back to clay in just 5 months after serious ammending and and continued mulching. I think i need to just remove all the clay soil from my yard down about ten feet and back fill it with sand and compost! :rolleyes: