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Cultivation => Cultivation Problems => Topic started by: Mark Griffiths on August 23, 2010, 10:07:24 AM
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Just interested in what other people do because I'm not convinced about the wisdom I have recieved, ie one bulb per 6 inch clay pot and repot every year.
What are others doing?
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I repot every year and for the small ones such as Frit. crassifolia where I only have one bulb it is in a 3 inch clay pot. I do not have any of the larger species. If I have say 3 or 4 bulbs then these would go in a four inch pot together.
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Eight years of notes and photos in the Bulb Log of how Ian treats his frits ......
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb
and for the index:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/index.pdf 8)
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I repot every year and for the small ones such as Frit. crassifolia where I only have one bulb it is in a 3 inch clay pot. I do not have any of the larger species. If I have say 3 or 4 bulbs then these would go in a four inch pot together.
Slightly off-topic but this year I gulped, hard, then broke in half several bulbs of which I had only one & that were reluctant to multiply otherwise. After drying for a day or two the scales were then repotted into dryish mix & kept cool under glass. Time will tell :-\
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Keeping fingers crossed Ashley ! ;)
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Yes indeed Luc, toes too ;)
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hi, I did check the bulb log and suprisingly it doesn't seem to be there, under "potting" or "repotting" or "cultivation".
I get the feeling I am massively over potting with the 6 inch pots (I can't remember where I got that advice from). Plus it's going to save a lot of space.
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Come on Mark you don't want me to make it that easy for you ;)
Look at the July/August bullb logs in most years and you will find a lot of information of how I pot my frits.
Strat with this one.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2005/270705/log.html
I cram as many into a pot as I can.
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thanks! The polystryene idea is intriguing - I have heard that some has been treated and can be toxic to plants (I think I got that from the tropical orchid fraternity), but I'll see if I have any of the "peanuts" around.
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thanks! The polystryene idea is intriguing - I have heard that some has been treated and can be toxic to plants (I think I got that from the tropical orchid fraternity), but I'll see if I have any of the "peanuts" around.
Luckily, none of our bulbs ever speak to members of the tropical orchid fraternity so they're all quite happy with their polystyrene surrogate siblings! :D ;) ;D
(I do occasionally have conversations with such Folk.... but I'm fine, too!)
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I repot every year and for the small ones such as Frit. crassifolia where I only have one bulb it is in a 3 inch clay pot. I do not have any of the larger species. If I have say 3 or 4 bulbs then these would go in a four inch pot together.
Slightly off-topic but this year I gulped, hard, then broke in half several bulbs of which I had only one & that were reluctant to multiply otherwise. After drying for a day or two the scales were then repotted into dryish mix & kept cool under glass. Time will tell :-\
You're a brave man Ashley! I've thought of doing this, or cutting them, many times but always got cold feet when the moment came.
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Foolish more like, Gerry :P
We'll see.
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Let's know if it works Ashley. If it does, I'll have a go with my one and only pink F. alburyana. I really want more of this little sugar pink gem. I have another clone but it is purplish rather than pink.
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'Will do Lesley.
That's a lovely little thing. Does it set seed at all?
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Alas, no. It is the only seedling to survive of three germinated. This has flowered each year since 2004 or 5 but even with careful hand pollinating, no seed. It's in bud now so I'll try again, of course. No vegetative increase either.
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Let's know if it works Ashley. If it does, I'll have a go with my one and only pink F. alburyana.
Now that is brave ;D
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In 2001 Joy Bishop wrote an article for the journal of the Frit Group describing how she propagates frits by cutting the bulbs. This article appears on the Frit Group website:
http://www.fritillaria.org.uk/Articles/vegetative_propagation_by_joy_bishop.htm
Since I don't possess Joy's cultivation skills, I have never had the nerve to try it.
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Thanks for the link to Joy's excellent article.... a timely reminder that the website of the Frit. group has all sorts of goodies ! 8)
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Let's know if it works Ashley. If it does, I'll have a go with my one and only pink F. alburyana.
Now that is brave ;D
I'm all talk now Mark. When it comes right down to it.....who knows?