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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #75 on: June 05, 2015, 03:34:31 PM »
We'd be up the creek without a paddle I would think Ralph  :D thanks as always for the advice Maggi.
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #76 on: June 05, 2015, 04:10:52 PM »
I'm writing a useful DIY book for you  guys so you can learn to cope without me! ::)

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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #77 on: June 05, 2015, 11:57:43 PM »
I'll be first in line to buy it - hard copy too.  8)
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #78 on: June 16, 2015, 07:49:59 PM »
Looks like there will be seeds.
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #79 on: June 22, 2015, 07:09:09 AM »
You've done well John. I never get many seeds, and got none last year! Here is a pic of a seedling from a 2011 sowing. Got to think it's not 100% viridiflorus, but that's what the seed came as. Wild seed could have been pollinated by another sp.? Can't wait to see what it is.
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #80 on: June 22, 2015, 09:39:50 AM »
That is exciting, Anthony! Looking forward to seeing what you've got,
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #81 on: July 05, 2015, 01:16:59 PM »
Well it has turned out to be pure viridiflorus. Where there was one bulb there is now three leaves and one flower, so I suspect there will be four bulbs next year.
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #82 on: July 05, 2015, 01:24:35 PM »
Not a bad increase there then, Anthony  8)
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #83 on: July 05, 2015, 01:39:12 PM »
Seems they increase quite rapidly, but I suppose as this is the first flowering, I have three leaves rather than four flowering stems. There are two other non-flowering bulbs in the pot from the same batch of seeds. In my other pot I always have more flowering stems than bulbs.
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #84 on: July 10, 2015, 12:52:13 PM »
Quote from: johnralphcarpenter on June 16, 2015, 07:49:59 PM
Looks like there will be seeds.
A grand total of four seeds - not worth sending to the seedex!
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #85 on: July 11, 2015, 03:20:23 AM »
That's not a bad return. Four times as many as I got last year!  ;D
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #86 on: August 17, 2015, 10:43:34 PM »
Grrrrrrrrrr! Yesterday I extracted the plants from the pot because I had the impression they were unhappy and .... 100s of tiny milky white larvae (around 1mm long) were feasting on them.I washed them off carefully, and then left the bulbs to dry, but the external layers were damaged, and I had to remove them (see pictures). What shall I do now? Repot? Bake them to simulate summer? Do they have leaves throughout the winter to the spring after or ....



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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #87 on: August 18, 2015, 08:45:49 AM »
Bummer!  :( I have leaves until well after bulb fly season here, which is why I put the pots into a mesh cage..
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #88 on: August 18, 2015, 02:11:04 PM »
What shall I do Anthony?
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Re: Narcissus viridiflorus
« Reply #89 on: August 19, 2015, 09:09:07 AM »
Will they re-root? Would they best be treated like daffs and allowed to dry out? How long would they need to be stored to kid on it's autumn again?
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