Ross Method

19 years ago

Hey, I have been reading a little bit of late about the Ross Method. Is anyone familiar with this? Do you know of anywhere where they have a photo pictorial on how to do it?

Thanks

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lindac
19 years ago
Here are pictures.
Linda C

Here is a link that might be useful: Rossicizing
esther_opal
19 years ago
It is easy and fairly fool proof.

Of course nothing is fool proof because fools are so inventive.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
19 years ago
you know.. i just don't think that is the Ross method at the link ....but i cant figure out why i feel that way ....

the link describes micro crown division .... as long as you have a piece of crown .... with a root .. in theory you could cut a hosta into a million pieces .. because ALL CROWN MATERIAL has dormant buds ... that is the basis of the TC method .... the only issue would be contamination and proper after care ....

i though Ross inserted the blade in the petiole.. and pulled it down to the crown .. and just nicked the crown .. without going all the way through .... by taking a single division.. and making two such scores on the crown .. he could get 4 dormant buds to 'pop' out of dormancy ... the problem is that you start with one mature bud.. and end up with 4 juvenile .... you cant take a given root mass and just grow 4 new mature divisions immediately ...

the link is what just about every seller of hosta does in mid summer to have divisions to sell the following spring .... leaving out the whole tc thing ...

whatever you do .. they are hosta ... just have fun doing it.. and who cares what you call it ...

ken

PS: there used to be a drawing at the hosta library about it.. but i just cant find it .. go figure ...
tsbccowboy
19 years ago
There is a Ross-izing picture in the Hosta Library.

Here is a link that might be useful: Ross-izing Picture in the Hosta Library
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
19 years ago
thanks for the link ... thats the one i was thinking of...

both rossing and zumbarizing do NOT involve taking the plant out of the ground...

once you do that.. it is simply called crown division ...

ken
esther_opal
19 years ago
Ken what you're describing is Zumberizing and going all the way through is Rossing.

And I wouldn't take a whole lot of care or worry at all, old method used on many types of plants.
Annette Holbrook(z7a)
19 years ago
Well, I had no idea there was a name for this. I've been rossicizing for some time and didn't even know it. Last year I got a Patriot in a one gallon pot. I took it home and chopped it up and ended up with 5 very healthy plants. I just called it dividing, or cheap, whichever you prefer LOL.

Annette