Crocus March 2009

[Lesley Cox]

Dirk, the virused minimus, did you dispose of them or did they simply die?

[udo]

Lesley,
i throw plants with virus in waste container.

[Janis Ruksans]

Lesley,
i throw plants with virus in waste container.

I'm doing the same. Last autumn I baught 100 corms of Spring Beauty - now they all are in waste container - all virus infected.
Janis

[Lvandelft]

Lesley,
i throw plants with virus in waste container.

I'm doing the same. Last autumn I baught 100 corms of Spring Beauty - now they all are in waste container - all virus infected.
Janis

I'm happy you did not buy them in Holland, Janis. 

[Janis Ruksans]

Lesley,
i throw plants with virus in waste container.

I'm doing the same. Last autumn I baught 100 corms of Spring Beauty - now they all are in waste container - all virus infected.
Janis

I'm happy you did not buy them in Holland, Janis. 

Oh, oh... just in Holland.
Janis

[Lvandelft]

I'm happy you did not buy them in Holland, Janis. 

Oh, oh... just in Holland.
Janis
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Oooh, but then you have to explain something Janis.
You wrote in December the following words:

This is the reason why I stopped all purchasing from Dutch nurseries.

[Janis Ruksans]

I'm happy you did not buy them in Holland, Janis. 

Oh, oh... just in Holland.
Janis

Oooh, but then you have to explain something Janis.
You wrote in December the following words:

This is the reason why I stopped all purchasing from Dutch nurseries.

[/quote]

Yes, I'm not buying. I bought a lot of other bulbs from my Chech friend and got those as bonus. Really receiving the list there was no species name and from label I thought about some new chrysanthus. Seeing bulbs I was surprised a little and then my friend wrote me that he bought 100 corms as new minimus variety for himself (he threw them away, too) and, knowing my interest in crocus species, 100 for me as present. I really stopped purchasing of bulbs from Holland with single exception - from Jan Pennings, De Bilt, Breezand - directly from grower. I'm buying in Holland only new perennial varieties for my wife's nursery - but again only directly from grower. All other stocks usually are of so bad quality, misnamed, mixed, virus infected that it really is loss of money.
Sincerely
Janis

[Lvandelft]

I really stopped purchasing of bulbs from Holland with single exception - from Jan Pennings, De Bilt, Breezand

Janis, I have nothing to do with the Dutch bulb growers or traders and you may buy your bulbs where you like,
but in your message of December you were exceptional clear with your statement about the Dutch growers.
Therefore my reaction.
Both of us know very well, what your last sentence in that message (IN CAPITALS) was. 

Because your message was edited in March and these last words were deleted,
I thought it inappropriate to quote this line here too.