I've joined a few peony groups on Facebook in the last few weeks and it's been enlightening. A newer peony gardener posted a pic of what I thought was a pretty typical Itoh division and much more experienced peony growers told him to cut off most of that woody mass and to plant the resulting division's woody parts oriented around 90 degrees from what it was before to make the root longer horizontally rather than vertically--supposed to encourage feeder root growth from that woody part. Cutting off the majority of an Itoh root scares me! Do any of you divide your Itohs that way? I'm trying it with at least 1 root this year but would love to hear your experiences and opinions.
