Conanthera

Justin Smith oothal@hotmail.com
Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:05:23 PST
Hi All,
 
I grow a couple of different Conanthera and I treat them the same. I have them in a sandy mix about 80 sand/20 loam in clay pots. I have them with my South African winter growing bulbs. Cold but never freezing. Completely dry in the summer. They seem to do ok though not blooming size yet.  Our summers here can be very wet so I don't plant too many things in the ground. 
 
If you are wanting to grow these in the ground outdoors, I guess now, would be a good time to start tracking ground temperature/depth in relation to air temperature/duration indexed to rain/soil moisture levels. All that correlated with day/night cycles with lunar and solar relationships considered. Over a 20 or 30 year period with projections for possible future global warming/cooling trends taken into account.
 
That would go a long way in determining how viable outdoor planting would be or you could just plant some and see what happens. 
 
Justin
Woodville, TX 8b/9a
 
 
 
 
 
 
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Conanthera
> 
> Dear Jim,
> 
> I suspect that more people may need to grow this genus to test how 
> hardy it is. Perhaps people on this list who have grown it can share 
> their experiences for how they grow it and how much cold it can tolerate.
> 
> Mary Sue
 		 	   		  


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