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  Sustainable Land Management October 16, 2009 at 10:46pm

  Loads of experience with these as very popular down here. Don't do the digging up and dividing this side of winter, despite what a couple of books say, much more hit and miss. Wait until late spring as the offshoots may well not make it through the winter. Then slash the top of them at an angle with a machete or similar, then divide into really rich and well draining medium. To keep the smaller plants happy over winter try and tent them somehow as they succumb to rot so easily.
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  David Beasley Garden Design October 16, 2009 at 11:28pm

  Sorry, I forgot to tell you that the 'pups' are about 2 years old + 5ft high!
  
  Cornwall Landscaping said:

  Loads of experience with these as very popular down here. Don't do the digging up and dividing this side of winter, despite what a couple of books say, much more hit and miss. Wait until late spring as the offshoots may well not make it through the winter. Then slash the top of them at an angle with a machete or similar, then divide into really rich and well draining medium. To keep the smaller plants happy over winter try and tent them somehow as they succumb to rot so easily.
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  Sustainable Land Management October 17, 2009 at 9:19am

  should be fine to do now, I would still carry out operation with a sharp blade and take the main leaves of the 'pup'. You will find that the join between the young and the main stem will need gentle persuasion but it should be fairly easy, keep to rule re rich medium.