I was a total beginner with ferns and just chopped them in half with a spade 2 years on some need splitting again. I can't get to grips with the 2 fork method and everything is dealt a blow with a sharp spade
But I told you what to do in your last thread about this. "Looks plenty big enough to re-pot! You could divide it and put it in 2 or 3 pots or in the ground I don't expect it will be easy getting it out of its pot though. To divide it you will probably have to cut through the top bit with a pruning saw, then pull the roots underneath apart. Looks as though it needs dividing, getting a bit congested."
Well done for getting it out of the pot, now just grit your teeth and go for it!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
What a beautiful fern @B3! I have an old bread knife I use for dividing. Well, it was the bread knife - quick spin in the dishwasher and that's fine right? Hubby says no so now I have an old bread knife for sawing plants up and a lovely sharp new one for actual bread.
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It's a fine beast . Last May
How do you manage to kill them?
A bit of water and a fair amount of shade is all they need @gjautos🙂
"Looks plenty big enough to re-pot! You could divide it and put it in 2 or 3 pots or in the ground I don't expect it will be easy getting it out of its pot though. To divide it you will probably have to cut through the top bit with a pruning saw, then pull the roots underneath apart. Looks as though it needs dividing, getting a bit congested."
Well done for getting it out of the pot, now just grit your teeth and go for it!
I popped it back in the lot and I'm going to divide it tomorrow😖
Ferns are very forgiving.
https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1052427/should-i-repot-this-dryopteris-yet#