[pbs] New Member/Ferraria crispa
Rand Nicholson
writserv at nbnet.nb.ca
Sat Oct 4 11:41:37 EDT 2003
Thanks Jim;
The Ferraria bulbs are about 3/4" at the largest. Do you have any
suggestions about pot size and depth? I assume they need extra
drainage?
Rand (warming up a soil mix after last night's frost ...)
>Hi Rand and all,
>
>If you don't have a greenhouse, put the pot of Ferraria in the
>brightest, sunniest window you have.
>
>Good luck on trying to switch them over. My only thought on the
>subject would be to store the bulbs next summer and autumn for as
>long as possible out of the pot, bare, and in a brightly lit, warm
>and quite dry location to delay the new shoots.
>
>Some bulbs are very sensitive to environmental conditions and come
>in and out of dormancy in response to moisture, daylight length,
>heat, cold, etc. Others seem to have a built-in calender and clock
>and grow on their own timetable regardless of conditions around them.
>
>Regards,
>Jim Shields
>in central Indiana, where my pots of Ferraria have not started to grow yet.
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