It’s that time of year

[bagsmom]

Yup - time to divide that thing @bagsmom ! And survive? Just TRY to kill it! It’ll be fine. They can come clean out of the pot and thrive beautifully - in fact, your lily may be planning a big escape!

I ask because I divided it last season and put a "hunk" of it in a little fabric bag pot, weighted with rocks. I thought that smaller part would just hang out in this pond for a while and I could move it to the next pond later, so I didn't plant it in any kitty litter or other media. Well, of course, this project is taking way longer than I planned. The bulb or corm or whatever we call it got all rotted and sad. I thought maybe it was because it was loose in the water with nothing to anchor to. Maybe it was just a fluke?

 

[addy1]

Divide away, do it now, do it in the spring, do it in the summer, they don't care. For winter cut all the leaves, stems, old flowers off. I usually even need to cut off buds since mine seem to bloom until the pond is really cold.

They are finally slowing down!

 

[addy1]

The bulb or corm or whatever we call it got all rotted and sad.

There is a good chance the hunk you cut off was a non growing or struggling hunk. Anything you save make sure there is a growing tip, small leaves tiny stems will be there. When you weigh it down with a rock in a bag, the growing tip needs to be up, i.e. it may have ended up down in the pond muck on the liner etc.