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Old 08-21-2007, 10:46 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Default Re: pupping frenzy in michigan

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Originally Posted by frankthetank View Post
Huh. The one pup was almost 2 foot tall with good sized leaves so i cut it (the first pup) and it had no roots! Its been a couple weeks and i'll give it until fall to see if it come back.
If you cut straight down next to the pup, you may not get any roots. I separate mine closer to the mother, not closer to the pup, and try to take a small bit of mother's corm with it.

My Goldfinger is a close pupper and I have to make an angled cut under the mother's corm to get any roots at all.

Here are links that might help you out...

Time to separate the pups for the Spring

My Way of Separating a Pup
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