Hello Colin,
Thank you very much for your detailed information about Ixia viridiflora. As I have been growing it only since the 2019 autumn sowing, I still cannot comment on its life span. It seems easy to grow in my condition provided it gets plenty of water during growth.
I have a question concerning how you start them in autumn. In one passage of the text you write that the new shoots emerge from bone dry soil but in another passage you mention a thorough watering in September.
Not only with Ixia I find the decision difficult when to start to water my winter growing bulbs in autumn. I do worry about them getting damaged if they start into growth too early and after that would they be stopped by a new spell of hot weather.
Bye for now
Uli
Thank you very much for your detailed information about Ixia viridiflora. As I have been growing it only since the 2019 autumn sowing, I still cannot comment on its life span. It seems easy to grow in my condition provided it gets plenty of water during growth.
I have a question concerning how you start them in autumn. In one passage of the text you write that the new shoots emerge from bone dry soil but in another passage you mention a thorough watering in September.
Not only with Ixia I find the decision difficult when to start to water my winter growing bulbs in autumn. I do worry about them getting damaged if they start into growth too early and after that would they be stopped by a new spell of hot weather.
Bye for now
Uli