Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: Cfred72 on February 07, 2016, 10:15:43 AM
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Seeing no point above the pot Budding Fritillaria stenanthera I bought last year at a plant fair, I dug the pot gently.
I discovered a sad result, the bulb was rotten, the ground was wet, but not too much. He was in the greenhouse. Is it a timid species? It froze two nights at -10 last month.
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The damage may have happened because of a combination of the freezing and being rather too wet, Fred. The soil needs to be slightly moist - but too much water before there is good top growth is dangerous. If the soil was wet and then froze, that would be a cause of the rot.
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Yes, perhaps this is it. In addition, no attention, I watered once a month in September, October, November and December before remembering that fritiliaires often prefer dry ... ::)