Posted by Tom Broome on 12/19/2008, 2:00 pm, in reply to "clear cutting sego's"
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: I have two sego's on either side of my
: front door and they have just gotten
: too large. The "babies"
: that have sprung up around them are
: the right size. I would like to
: use a power saw to saw off the large
: sego's at their base at ground
: level. If I do so, will the
: "babies" survive? Or will
: new sprouts emerge from the sawed
: off base? Thanks.
:
Cutting down the main plant will not grow any more smaller plants in the middle. all you will get are more babies (offsets) around the perimeter of the base, which come from the leafbases. The offsets can be removed from the main plant and rooted. At some point in time, you will not want a big cluster of offsets in the same location because it will turn into a big mess. I gree with the others, cutting down the main plants would be a shame. My suggestion would be to remove the plants intact and plant them in another location where they wouldn't be in the way. At the same time, before you plant them in the new location, remove the offsets and when rooted in, place a couple on the spots you have them now. For an article on transplanting and on removing and starting offsets, they are both in my most asked questions section, in my article area, in my website which is linked in the header.
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