I know, I know: I'm supposed to cut them apart. BUT, they grew so large and mounded together that they just pulled/fell apart in my hands.
Some backstory. I'm in the process of topping off all of my raised beds with "manufactured sand": a product of finely pulverized ledge. It's essentially granite fines but made from ledge rather than granite. It is necessary to lift every single semp & jovi, shake off the soil (another long story), set 'em aside while I put down the fines, clean 'em up, then replace the semps and bed them in. I'll post pix when I'm finished.
Anyway, I'm wondering whether there is any downside to allowing them to separate naturally rather than cut 'em. I was quite astonished at how many of the jovis there were. The mounds didn't look all that massive, but, wowie, zowie, I had to shift a great many things around to make room. Anybody wanna trade?
