In terms of Bessera, do people wait for signs of emergent growth in spring/summer before watering, or initiate growth by watering first as one would do with winter growing bulbs? My Bessera bloomed in July and foliage has been gone for a month now, but I watered in the pots in may/June. Summers here are very hot (routinely over 90F and often around 100+). Past two years I have had some very gnarled flowers, almost appear as viral distortion, but perhaps it’s the high heat? Curious what other growers’ experience is. Colin Southern Oregon Zone 8b > On Oct 8, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Rimmer de Vries via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Just dig them up when they go dormant and keep in a basket of sand over winter in a cool dry non freezing location. Sometimes a few get left in ground that may come up in spring > > Rimmer > >> On Oct 8, 2021, at 1:58 PM, Kathleen Sayce via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> My Besseras are also blooming—first time. Now to keep them dry enough that they survive the wet PNW winter. >> Kathleen >> South coast Washington, zone 8 > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image0.jpeg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 145964 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image1.jpeg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 206342 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > -------------- next part -------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
