Fritillaria atropurpurea, et al

Cody H plantboy@gmail.com
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:24:06 PDT
“Our” upcoming winter rains being the vicinity of Carnation, WA. Zone
8b/7a, with 40+ inches of rain, mostly during the winter.

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:21 PM Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> wrote:

> You can sow them like seeds under a thin layer of grit/sand/lava rock in a
> fast dranining gritty mix in a large flat and raise them to larger sizes,
> if you’re interested in propagating them. I imagine in the right
> microclimate they’d do fine down in the ground this way too. I’m currently
> doing the same for a zillion or so rice bulbils from F. recurva. Last year
> I grew them on under lights indoors, and they doubled their size over the
> winter (to about 3-4mm). I’ve kept them dry indoors over the summer but am
> about to put them back out in a protected spot where they’ll be exposed to
> a small fraction of our upcoming winter rains. The parent bulbs did fine
> with a similar treatment last winter (outdoors), I’m curious to see how the
> tiny ones fare. I’ve also got a pot of slowly increasing rice bulbils of F.
> camschatica. They seem to appreciate not drying out too completely or
> getting too hot in the summer.
>
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 3:12 PM Hansen Nursery <robin@hansennursery.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It seems like there was a discussion in the past about what to do when you
>> go to transplant a large pot of Fritillaria atropurpurea and how to deal
>> with a zillion rice bulblets in addition to what seems like the "mother"
>> bulbs.  Maybe a zillion isn't far off.  I quit counting when I became
>> overwhelmed at the number of babies.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'll transplant the mothers into separate containers, but how to manage
>> the
>> babies eludes me.  Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Robin on the OR southwest coast where the wind is blowing way too much
>>
>> Hansen Nursery
>>
>> robin@hansennursery.com
>>
>>
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