I had planted a basjoo in the ground last year. It had several pups. In the fall, I protected everything, and everything came back in the spring. I accidentaly broke the p-stem of the mother plant at around 3-4 feet, but it came back nicely, from that point. Now the pups are almost as big as the mother, and have pups of their own. I would like to get the pups out of there, and leave the mother. I thought I would dig out last year's pups, and leave any of this year's attached to them. Is there any way I can kind of dig around them, so I can see what I'm cutting, without disturbing mother too much. I thought it would be better, if I could see what I was doing, rather than plunging willy-nilly in there, with a spade. I have a digging bar, but it doesn't have a sharp end, so it's not much good.
Maybe, I should just put everything off until spring. What are your thoughts?
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The picture above shows the mother plant, in the middle (tan), with the large green (last year's) pups, and the small (this year's) pups.