Thanks Arturo! I will try watering from below. What do you use for the organic component in your soil? On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:39 PM Arturo Tarak <anmeghalimprnum@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Cody, I'm actually one step behind but also facing the same kind of > dilemas, in my case with hardy Cyclamens. The step behind is that I've yet > to get hold of many of your mentioned species. The question you arise is > about translating wild conditions back to a gardening situation, an even > more inside a container (clay pot, plastic pot , or plastic bag.). How much > clay you want in your soil mix inside a pot is a question of finding the > right ammount. None is never right. Also adding generous amounts of organic > material will help in moisture retention. My strategy with potted plants > are to water them from below. Then the crown area will be dry, yet further > down it will keep moist and even wet without any harm during the dormant > season. You simply have to check say once a week that the bottom tray has > standing water. If doing so there's hardly any risk in dessication. So the > soil mix inside the pot ought to be on the porous side because it will help > in the capillary forces that wicker upwards the moisture. In the garden > things work out differently. The options are working different typesof > soils placed in layers. You can place a clayey mix quite low and then add a > sandy/loam mix on top with very good drainage in the upper inch or so, > including a sandy grit as top dressing. The strategy is to avoid water > collecting around the roots of dormant bulbs during your summer general > garden waterings. It would be best to place your bulbs that have similar > requirements away from plants that have different watering requirements. I > don't have serpentine clay soils here. > arturo > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > <div>Thanks Arturo! I will try watering from below. What do you use for the organic component in your soil?</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:39 PM Arturo Tarak <<a href="mailto:anmeghalimprnum@gmail.com">anmeghalimprnum@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:///1px/ #ccc solid;padding-left:///1ex/">Hi Cody, I'm actually one step behind but also facing the same kind of<br> dilemas, in my case with hardy Cyclamens. The step behind is that I've yet<br> to get hold of many of your mentioned species. The question you arise is<br> about translating wild conditions back to a gardening situation, an even<br> more inside a container (clay pot, plastic pot , or plastic bag.). How much<br> clay you want in your soil mix inside a pot is a question of finding the<br> right ammount. None is never right. Also adding generous amounts of organic<br> material will help in moisture retention. My strategy with potted plants<br> are to water them from below. Then the crown area will be dry, yet further<br> down it will keep moist and even wet without any harm during the dormant<br> season. You simply have to check say once a week that the bottom tray has<br> standing water. If doing so there's hardly any risk in dessication. So the<br> soil mix inside the pot ought to be on the porous side because it will help<br> in the capillary forces that wicker upwards the moisture. In the garden<br> things work out differently. The options are working different typesof<br> soils placed in layers. You can place a clayey mix quite low and then add a<br> sandy/loam mix on top with very good drainage in the upper inch or so,<br> including a sandy grit as top dressing. The strategy is to avoid water<br> collecting around the roots of dormant bulbs during your summer general<br> garden waterings. It would be best to place your bulbs that have similar<br> requirements away from plants that have different watering requirements. I<br> don't have serpentine clay soils here.<br> arturo<br> _______________________________________________<br> pbs mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org" target="_blank">pbs@lists.ibiblio.org</a><br> <a href="http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php</a><br> <a href="http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/</a><br> </blockquote></div></div> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…