[pbs] TOW Haemanthus
Robert Werra
robertwerra at sbcglobal.net
Mon Dec 13 23:02:40 EST 2004
Dear Tom, Thank you for your Haemanthus splitting
advice. A PBS member in Boston wants to try Haemanthus
albiflos. Sincerely, Bob Werra
--- Thomas Glavich <tglavich at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> The safest way is to take them out of the pot or
> ground as a group. Work the roots mostly free from
> the pup. Gently pull the pup off. If it doesn't
> come, try cutting part way on both sides of the pup.
> Try not to break the bulb or the pup. It should
> come free reasonably easy.
>
> To ship, clean the pup off with a hose. Let it
> dry. Leave the leaves on if they are short and
> you're not shipping far. If they are really long,
> trim them back and let the cuts dry. There is a lot
> of energy in a good size pup, so you don't have to
> worry.
>
> Wrap it in paper towels then newspaper. Ship it
> Priority mail or Fedex, or some other reasonably
> fast method. Its not a good idea to ship these to
> an area where there is extremely cold weather. A
> light frost won't hurt the bulb, but a hard freeze
> could get to it.
>
> I would wait until after the holidays to ship.
>
> Tom
>
> Robert Werra <robertwerra at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Dear All, When and how should you take offsets of
> Haemanthus albiflos? How should you send them to a
> fellow bulb nut. Sincerely, Bob Werra No. Calif.
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