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Four o' Clocks good or bad for Chop & Drop??

 
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Hi,
Does anyone have experience with chopping & "dropping" or composting Four o' Clocks (Mirabilis jalapa)? I'm clearing out an area & there are many of these, I know not to keep the huge tubers (such a pity they're not edible), and read that they can be grown from cuttings, but it doesn't seem that's a regular propagation technique. Before I chop them up & perhaps end up with a nightmare of re-growing Four o' Clock plants in my banana mound, I'd appreciate any advice. I hate to waste the considerable amount of biomass by chucking the plant stems into the yard waste! Speed of reply much appreciated because I'm out there today!

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It sounds to me like a chip and drop would produce many new plants.

Four or Clocks was one of the first plants I planted her unfortuately cut worms liked them, too.
 
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