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Primula 2018

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Mark Griffiths:
A new year begins and the first Primula allionii out here is Elizabeth Burrow.

Arie.v:
In some of the previous years post on primulas I have seen lots of allionii's in pots, can someone describe the soil mixes and growing of allionii's in plunge beds? Shallow verses deeper pots.

Maggi Young:
When we grew and exhibited  primula allionii plants we grew them in   standard or  half pans - not deep ones.  Kept them plunged in sand in a cold glasshouse, in a lower bench in hot weather.  We grew  just about everything in the same  compost mix  -the same as Ian always describes in the Bulb Log ......  these are  links to help :
Potting compost recipe 26/07
Potting mix, loam-free 24/05

Compost 49/06
mixing (cement mixer) 31/05
mixture 4/05
test, sand based 34/05

here are the actual links to each BulbLog .....

Potted using our standard mix..... Potting compost recipe 2607http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2007/260607/log.html
Potting mix, loam-free 2405   http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2005/140605/log.html
 
Repotting  4906http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2006/061206/log.html

This is still the mix we use for potted bulbs and plants even now.
 

Arie.v:
Thanks a lot Maggie, sure gave me lots of information.

David Nicholson:
Arie, I have a pamphlet issued by The National Auricula and Primula Society, and sold some years ago now, called "Primula Allionii Forms and Hybrids" written by two of, perhaps the best, UK growers of P. allionii, Bob Archdale and David Richards. As far as I know it is out of print now. It is 21cm high x 15cm wide and consists of 36 pages the contents consisting of Cultivation; Compost; Potting; Environment; Propagation; Hybridization;
Exhibiting; Pests and Diseases; List of species and hybrids (somewhat out of date as far as modern cultivars are concerned; Plant Suppliers; Refernces.

I would be happy to run the pamphlet through my scanner and send it to you as a number of emails with attachments in case you do not have a strong broadband set-up. It is not possible to do this by PM so you would need to let me have your email address.

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