Gordon Summerfield on Growing Bulbs

Harold Koopowitz hkoopowi@uci.edu
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:28:11 PDT
Hi:
In southern California - we keep them in pots and bone dry during the 
summer. Slight shade helps too.
Harold
At 09:06 PM 10/15/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>  Dear Robert,
>I have passed  your question on to Gordon. Awaiting th answer. But I will be
>away until Tuesday next week.
>Regards
>
>Lauw de Jager
>
>
>le 14/10/03 13:03, Robert Hamilton à roberth6@mac.com a écrit :
>  for sharing your enlightening experience with Gordon Summerfield.
> >  I have a query  for Gordon and I  wonder  if  Lauw  will pass it on.
> >
> >> Plants like Daubenya and Massonia need good light however. Good light,
> >> but protection from the dew will reduce crown rot and fungal diseases.
> >> Watering from the bottom will help as well.
> >
> > This statement implies that   Daubenya and Massonia are grown under
> > cover to  prevent dew  and  rainfall on the  leaves. This  being the
> > case do  they  remain totally dry for the  summer  months ? If not  how
> > often are they watered during dormancy ? What about watering management
> > for first and  second year  seedlings during  summer ? Do they
> > tolerate the  same management as  mature  bulbs ?
> >
> > Having just  watched the leaves on a  mature  Massonia echinata
> > disappear from crown rot ,( we had  what amounts  to half  our years
> > average annual rainfall during August and September ) , the under cover
> > management appeals  to  me , as I  have quite a range of  first and
> > second  year seedlings of both genera.
>
>Bulb'Argence
>
>
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