Supermarket lemon thyme

I bought this large lemon thyme in Sainsbury's. There's loads of plants in the pot. There's even little roots along the stems.
Should I divide it or put it in a bigger pot?
If I divide it, should I tease it apart into a few chunks of see if I can separate out individuals?

 

Give the root ball a good soak and then see if you can prise sections apart. If so, plant up with good, loam based compost (John Innes type 3). If not, re-pot in a large pot with good compost.

It'll enjoy a sunny spot and, once settled, just enough moisture to keep it happy and nowhere near drowning.

 

Thank you @Obelix-Vendée

 

I'd just pot up some of the bits with roots on, it'll look good as a path edging

 

If it all survives, there'll be an awful lot - thymus fugit

 

I use a lot of thyme so like to have a lot of plants - plain, lemon, orange.......

 

I've never heard of orange thyme. Is it very orangey? Sounds delicious

 

It's subtle but yes, delicious.

 

Hi @Obelix-Vendée , Considering we both live in France, what in your opinion would be the equivalent of the John Innes composts to be found in French Jardineries?

 

I have no idea @Papi Jo. The selection available in France Rurale in Moutiers-les Mauxfaits seems to change each year and from one season to another. I have yet to ffind a decent seed compost there tho Leclerc in Luçon had some good stuff 2 years ago. Carrefour market in Le Champ-St-Père briefly had a good potting compost in the summmer of 2022 but not since.

I'm not good on the brand names but there are one or two I know to avoid as being full of lumps and twigs and poor at taking up moisture. If i want a loamy compost I tend to add molehill soil to sieved commercial compost plus some of our own.

I used to like the full range of DMC composts in Belgium but have never seen any here which is odd as I thought they were a French company.