As many as you would like. The seed does not need to be portioned. I will divvy up according to demand. Thanks Leo! On Sun, Apr 21, 2024 at 12:51 AM oooOIOooo <oooOIOooo@protonmail.ch> wrote: > 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 < scsnursery1@gmail.com> > 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 latest: >> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… >> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…