Approximately how many should I send? I probably have 200-300. I sent this to the group beca Leo Martin Phoenix Arizona USA Zone 9? Sent from Proton Mail mobile -------- Original Message -------- On Apr 20, 2024, 16:14, Shoal Creek Succulents wrote: > Hi Leo- > > Yes, thanks for the consideration. > If anyone has more items, the SX is still open for donations. > If anyone needs my address again; please send a direct message to me. > Thanks! > > Lisa > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 5:56 PM oooOIOooo via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> As above. Does anybody want me to send some to the SX? >> >> This is one of the easiest bulbs to grow and flower in my desert climate now that I've learned a little of what it wants. It makes more flowers per plant, over a longer flowering season, than other Moraeas I've grown. >> >> My sense of reading about it on the Wiki is that some people find it tricky to grow. I think I see why, and most of those issues are easily fixed. >> >> I planted seed from Silverhill Seeds in 2020 in builder's sand. About ten came up. I left the plants in 20-ounce foam cups until the cups began falling apart from the UV. I wound up with two plants, which I put into their own 20-ounce foam cups, in finely screened decomposed granite dug from my property. They didn't offset. >> >> I keep them wet to very moist all winter, until they begin dying down. Then I stop watering. In summer I leave them outside where the pots receive full sun for most of the day, all year. They get occasional monsoon rain. >> >> They never flowered. >> >> A few years ago one finally produced a few flowers. I noticed the plant looked far too big for the 20-ounce container. That summer I put both corms into a single 1-gallon standard nursery pot, with a mix of local clay and pumice (to make the pot lighter.) I fertilize about monthly with 20-20-20 and micronutrients during the growing season. I don't pay attention to pH, but my tap water is very alkaline and high in minerals. >> >> Now both flower profusely each year. >> >> So if you want to grow this, move it to a big pot. I suspect there is no chance for it to flower in a 3.25" square pot, or smaller. It's OK to get hot in summer when it's dry. I don't know how it would do with heavy El Niño winter rains, because we don't get as much as does California. But I suspect it would do well in the ground in most of California. I am thinking of moving them to an even larger pot over the summer. >> >> Leo Martin >> Phoenix Arizona USA >> Zone 9? >> >> Sent with Proton Mail secure email. >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…