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Title: Getting Fritillarias from seed to plant - flowering if possible!
Post by: robg on August 04, 2016, 05:50:50 PM

Hi
I've got a number of pots of Frit seedlings from the last few years that I've been checking and finding bulbs - none of any significant size (ie around 1cm max).  These were all 75mm pots and a well draining alpine type compost.

What do I do now to get these (around 20 varieties) on to mature plants ?

Rob

Title: Re: Getting Fritillarias from seed to plant - flowering if possible!
Post by: Martinr on August 04, 2016, 05:58:50 PM

exercise patience I suspect. Can be a very slow process :'(

Title: Re: Getting Fritillarias from seed to plant - flowering if possible!
Post by: Maggi Young on August 04, 2016, 06:11:38 PM

Keeping seedlings and young plants growing on for as long as season as possible  and giving some food to help them along is always a good idea. Some species do take a long time, nonetheless - I suggest you read Ian Young's Bulb Log  to learn how he does it - fourteen years of  reports online for all to read.  ;)
All available here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb)
....and if you don't want to read through them all, you can use the index to narrow down the search.......
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/index.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/index.pdf)      8)

Title: Re: Getting Fritillarias from seed to plant - flowering if possible!
Post by: robg on August 05, 2016, 11:38:12 AM

Many thanks, Maggi - I had no idea Ian's blogs were so extensive - and indexed too.  Whooppeee!

Rob