Is your sedum growing fewer and fewer flowers and threatening to bare? It is high time that you rejuvenate the perennial plant, also known as stonecrop, by dividing it. This also allows you to easily propagate the plant. We'll tell you what to look out for.
Only older sedum hens can be propagated by division
Divide older sedum hens and protect them from balding
Sedum hens can live for several decades, but tend to become bare as they get older. At the same time, the willingness to flower decreases, although you can counteract these signs of aging by dividing the entire plant. In addition, with a division you kill two birds with one stone, because the measure serves both as a rejuvenation cure and as a means of reproduction.
The right time
The best time for this makeover is spring, although it is best to divide the sedum before the first budding. Ideally, you should carry out this measure at least every four to five years.
Sharing sedum: Here’s how
If you want to divide the sedum, you must first dig up the whole shrub including the roots.
- Use a spade or digging fork for this purpose.
- Use this to dig up the soil around the rootstock.
- Gently move the soil back and forth to loosen the root.
- Lift the plant and its roots out of the ground.
- Shake off the earth
- and remove diseased and dried root parts.
- Divide the plant by tearing it into several pieces with your hands
- or share with a strong blow of a spade.
- Alternatively, you can of course also use a sharp knife.
- Make sure that the individual sections have at least two shoot buds.
The individual pieces can be planted immediately in their previously determined location outdoors or in the pot.
tips
The root bulbs of the individual subplants are ideally about the size of a clenched fist - in this size they grow faster and better than larger bulbs.