Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Cilivia, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I just went to PF--and there are NO comments on any of them! Hmmmmmmmm?????
I KNOW I read about it somewhere! Was going to post a link for you....

OK! To continue....
The following Summer--I took it back outside and it only presented me with a few, puny blooms....
By end of Summer--i was sure I wanted to divide it....What did i have to loose?
Long story short---it took me over 1/2 hour to get it out of the pot....ended up beating the pot with my 4lb sledge--hard!
it was amazing that the pot never even cracked....
After a long while of this, the root ball finally loosened from the pot and i was able to pull it out.

It was SOOOO hopelessly entangled in it's roots, that after trying to unwind some of them, I gave up and got a strong kitchen knife and started "butchering" the root mass. No mercy!!!

After rinsing all the soil off with water--this is what I had to start with.