Does anyone know if gophers eat lycoris or nerine bulbs? I keep mine in pots because of my gophers, but my bulbs don’t bloom well - this year, not all all, so would love to plant them in the ground, while not adding to my gophers diet. —erika enos- Palo Alto, Ca > On Sep 22, 2020, at 9:33 AM, Kelly Irvin via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Lycoris are very successfully grown and flowered in 2-gallon Treepots (Stuewe & Sons), which provide the needed depth for the bulb and its roots without using excessive volumes of potting soil. In areas where winter freezing occurs, they must be plunged or reverse plunged (heaping up mulch to protect from winter freezing of the bulb). > > The challenge with this type of pot is keeping it upright, which is resolved as groups of 4 placed in milk crates. > > -- > Mr. Kelly M. Irvin > 10850 Hodge Ln > Gravette, AR 72736 > USA > > Home Phone: 479-787-9958 > > USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 6a/b > > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelly.m.irvin > > On 9/22/20 10:53 AM, James Waddick via pbs wrote: >> Hi Vlad, >> >> I don’t mean to sound smarmy and smirking, but I don’t think this counts as growing them in pots. You planted what was obviously a blooming size bulb in a good size pot (20 x 20 x 25 cm = 8 x 8 10 in) and it went through 1 growth cycle. It has proven difficult for many to get Lycoris to grow longer term in such a small container. There is some success in 1/2 barrel size containers and in the right climate. >> >> I will be amazed if you get repeat bloom next summer. >> >> I have had only moderate success growing a couple species in 2 gallon nursery pots and do not recommend this practice in general. They do MUCH BETTER in the ground. >> >> Good luck and best Jim W. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…