[pbs] Bulbs staying dormant
Diane Whitehead
voltaire at islandnet.com
Wed Jun 4 10:41:18 EDT 2003
Dave McDonald of the Botanical Society of South Africa, who recently
gave a lecture tour in western North America, mentioned that some
gladiolus don't flower until there has been a fire. Sometimes that
has been for 15 years. I asked whether it was some chemical from the
smoke or ash that triggered flowering, but he said it was more likely
lack of competition that did it. I didn't ask whether these
non-flowering gladiolus were putting up leaves every year.
So - are your pots of plants completely open to the sky, or are they
overshadowed?
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Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8
cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
sandy soil
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