[pbs] Summer treatment of Nerine sarniensis
Laura & Dave
toadlily at olywa.net
Mon Jul 14 15:18:15 EDT 2008
In a responce from Jim Shields to this tipic he mentioned:
"I guess I should probably spritz them lightly with water once or twice
before autumn comes."
I've been experimenting (no controls, yet) with keeping these and other
summer dormant plants plump by bottom watering potted plants, but
strictly limiting the amount of water so that only the lowest part of
the soil gets the water. The idea is that the roots will take up the
water, but the bulb itself remains in dry conditions. This so far has
had encouraging results. Just one more thing to add to growing complexity!
Dave Brastow - 7A (Tumwater, Washington) : Finally into summer, after
our traditional rainy 4th of July.
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