"yew" <nsyew@premier1.net> wrote in message
news:vhaulii473njbb@corp.supernews.com...[color=blue]
> "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:[/color]
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> Define "messed up". I live in Zone 8 (Pacific Northwest maritime climate)
> and have pulled up and transplanted hunks of cascade rhizomes in the late
> summer and fall. As we don't get much in the way of hard frosts here, the
> transplants do fine as long as I give them a little time (about a month)
> before the first light frost. Granted, they don't grow well or produce
> anything the first season, but they establish themselves nicely[/color]
thereafter.

What I mean by messed up is that they will be starting the growth phase very
late and then be forced into their flowering phase almost immediately, thus,
the plant has all the wrong hormones floating around. Not much of a quality
crop there. Since the plant is going to be smaller and their will be
appreciable crop this year, you may as well wait until next year to plant a
rhizome and just do it right.

Tom Veldhouse