root division

noun

1. the act or process of reproducing plants by a division of roots or crowns.

Example Sentences

The plants may be grown from seed but whenever possible, propagation by root division is much more easy and certain.

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Aquatics are propagated by seed sown under water: many will allow of root-division.

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The plants will grow readily in any light soil, and are easily increased by root-division in the spring, or by seeds.

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Ordinary garden loam suits it, and its propagation may be carried out at any time by root division.

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Any kind of sweet garden soil seems to do for it, and its propagation is carried out by careful root division.

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