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Sowing South African gladiolus by Nan Sterman via pbs at Sat, 30 Sep 2023 08:25:55 PDT
Thank you for that detailed description! Sent from my eye eye phone. All typos are the captain’s fault. > On Sep 30, 2023, at 7:02 AM, Johannes-Ulrich Urban v

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Sowing South African gladiolus by Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs at Sat, 30 Sep 2023 07:02:24 PDT
Dear All, There is not much to add to the thread on South African gladiolus. As the membership is living in many different countries and climates and some may

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New(ish) Bessera species by Nicholas Plummer via pbs at Fri, 29 Sep 2023 20:08:33 PDT
_______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

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Sowing south african gladioli by Robert Parks via pbs at Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:10:05 PDT
Sow the winter growers in the fall as temperatures cool, and rain starts...although you may need to irrigate if the rain starts later than where they are native

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