Re: ginger instructions

What I've read is that Hedychiums like shade.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zemuly Sanders" <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] ginger instructions


> I grow Hedychiums (Hedychia?) and have never had any problems with them.
> They might do better in more direct sunlight, but I'm too lazy to move
them
> around.  The best one I have is H. coronarium.  Love that scent.
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] ginger instructions
>
>
> >I think curcumas are fantastic. They are not that easy for me, but I
don't
> >fuss a lot with my plants. But when they do bloom, they are sensational.
> >
> >
> > On Monday, January 31, 2005, at 04:55 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:
> >
> >> I just purchased (for my MG presentation) some curcuma rhizomes on eBay
> >> from a very friendly, helpful seller. He has a sideline business he
> >> calls "GingersRus". He sends growing instructions on what he refers to
> >> as Beginners Gingers, but does not bother with his Collector and
> >> Advanced series gingers because he figures you know what you're doing.
> >> However, on my invoice was this note:
> >>
> >>
> >> "If you want, you can now download the
> >> GENERAL instructions for each ginger genus by going to
> >>
> >> http://www.gingersrus.com/BeginnerPackage.doc
> >>
> >> I thought some of you might find this information helpful. In the
> >> messages we exchanged before I bid, he helped me select the right
> >> variety. The one I was planning on bidding on was a spring bloomer, not
> >> a summer bloomer (my presentation is on summer bloomers) and he said I
> >> would have difficulty getting it to bloom at all up here.
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm trying to get a few sample geophytes to show at the presentation,
> >> March 4, but that is too early to get shipments from my regular sources
> >> - Brent & Becky's, McClure & Zimmerman, and Odyssey no longer carries a
> >> spring line. So I'm trying eBay along with some from Netherland Bulb
> >> that we are selling. So right now I have Lily bulbs, Curcuma rhizomes,
> >> Colcoasia tuber/corms, Dahlia and Begonia tubers, Calla and Canna
> >> rhizomes, and maybe some Galtonia bulbs. I'd like to get hold of some
> >> Crocosmia or Gladiolus corms this month, but the prices on eBay have
> >> been ridiculous so far when you figure in their shipping.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kitty
> >> The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to
> >> change; the realist adjusts the sails.
> >>
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> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > Zone 10a
> > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> >
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