Crocus August 2017

[Sam Eijkenboom]

Nothing flowering here yet in my garden 

[Sam Eijkenboom]

Great C. suworowianus guys

[Janis Ruksans]

Today harvested last crocuses from pallasii group, tomorrow will repot them, but from earlier plantings just the first flowers of C. vallicola came out. This is from Soģanli pass in NE Turkey.

[kris]

Do you plant your crocus bulb  in pure sand Janis? From the picture you have posted it looks like the bulbs are planted in pure sand.
The reason I am asking is does it help in spring to withstand the freeze thaw cycle?
Kris

[Janis Ruksans]

Do you plant your crocus bulb  in pure sand Janis? From the picture you have posted it looks like the bulbs are planted in pure sand.
The reason I am asking is does it help in spring to withstand the freeze thaw cycle?
Kris

No, I use mix - 3 parts of coarse sand + 1 part of peat moss + granulate complex fertilizer + dolomite chalk (to adjust pH). All details you can find in the my book "The World of Crocuses".
Janis