----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick de Rothschild" <nick@exbury.co.uk> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 6:22 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] Raising Nerine from Seed > It takes 4-6 years to raise nerine saniensis from seed to flowering. > Something we do all the time - use our potting mix for best results! (see > http://www.nerines.com/ and track down growing hints...) > > The key is the seeds have to be sown fresh straight after flowering as > they > are programmed to hit the ground running, so to speak, with the root tip > already starting to grow as soon as the seed pod ripens and splits. > > This is because they flower at the beginning of the wet season and need to > use the rest of the season to get underground and grow roots. Help them do > this by planting 1/4 inch deep. > > The following year they will throw up one tiny leaf, in year 2 two, and so > on as the bulb builds up. > > First find your parent and away you go... > > Good luck > > Nick de Rothschild > > PS for ready grown flowering sized bulbs shipped anywhere PayPal operates > see our website in June-July for shop! (Ever the salesman me..... ask Jim > how well the plants he got last year have done) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields104@comcast.net> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 9:32 PM > Subject: [pbs] Raising Nerine from Seed > > >> How long does it take to raise Nerine bowdenii from seed to >> blooming? Nerine sarniensis hybrids? I've seen it take 9 years for >> bowdenii to get one bulb (out of three) from small seedlings ca 1/2 inch >> diameter to bloom, but I've never grown bowdenii from seed to blooming. >> >> I've never tried with sarniensis either. I've grown the dwarf species, >> like angustifolia, filifolia, and filamentosa from seed, and they are >> rather quick -- perhaps 3 years or so. >> >> Growing bowdenii, huttoniae, krigei, and laticoma from small seedling to >> blooming seems to take an eternity! Any advice would be appreciated. >> >> Jim Shields >> in sunny Westfield, Indiana >> USA >> >> >> ************************************************* >> Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. >> P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ >> Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA >> Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/