[pbs] New Member/Ferraria crispa
Rand Nicholson
writserv at nbnet.nb.ca
Sat Oct 4 10:38:04 EDT 2003
Mary Sue and PBSers:
Thanks for the welcome.
I will be extremely interested in this particular Topic of the Week,
but right now, I could use some advice on planting my Ferraria crispa
bulbs which are sprouting as I write. And on keeping them going over
the winter until I can try to switch them. They will be potted and
kept indoors over the winter.
Anyone have any suggestion to share?
Rand
>Dear Rand,
>
>Welcome to the PBS List. There was a man on the IBS list for awhile
>many years ago from Seattle named George Krassle. He dropped out and
>I didn't have any luck contacting him later. He reported to that
>group that he was growing Ferraria on a summer cycle as he was
>unable to grow them successfully with his wet cold winters
>otherwise. I tried to turn some of mine around and didn't have any
>luck even though he said it was quite easy and they started into
>growth when he watered them. Maybe if you started them from seed in
>the spring and they always had been grown that way it would work. Or
>maybe it depended on how they were stored.
>
>In October I plan to have a topic of the week on the subject you
>have suggested. It was inspired by Lisa Flaum, but I wanted to wait
>until Mark Wilcox has returned from South America since he too is
>interested. I've haven't figured out a title yet, maybe Bulbs that
>can be grown out of their normal cycle?
>
>Mary Sue
>
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