Hi Rodney, (it seems the new email address worked), the summer
newsletter was a good read, I also enjoyed looking at the Neomarica
pictures, and reading about the trip to the caucasus, so many places to go.
Reading the discussion I had with Pat, Krill, and Robert, has reminded me to
ask some more. I have 7 small oncos and junos I've planted in a bulb frame,
for me here this seems wisest for now because of the torrential rain we can
get here in summer. Some of the soil I have here is very hydrophobic,which
has worked with one I've had for a while, later I may try something mounded
or sloped. The small paradoxa seemed a bit limp so I watered it, can you do
this in winter if a plant doesn't have a larger root system ? I'm a bit
worried about the cold necessary for flowering. Up on this hill nights can
reach only - 1, or dustings of frost, sometimes a bit severe, but should I
pull the glass off the top to try to freeze the top layer as much as I can.
Or can they thrive and flower with a certain amount of cold hours per year?
It's meant to snow here every 7 yrs. still waiting. One more, for Pat and
Krill? there's a product called healthy earth soil builder and clay breaker,
which seems to have the right minerals for these plants. I use it a lot,
would this sort of thing aid flowering ? Sorry to be so long-winded, but
what will produce flowers for me.
thanks, Alice
