Re: tigridia pavonia

>I have been growing Tigridia pavonia from seed in a greenhouse.
>I've had great success in germination and transplantation, but growing
>out has been difficult.  I've read that they need ample water, which
>I have been providing.  All of my batches of seedlings look horrible.
>They seem to have a little damage from spidermites, which have since
>been treated.  Also the leaves are yellowing, with brown tips.  They
>seem to be dying back as well.  Are these problems with watering? 
>Fertilization?  Are they supposed to dye back?  If so at any
>particular stage in their young lives?  Please help!

Where are you?  Northern Hemisphere?  or Southern Hemisphere?  I'm 
pretty sure the plants are supposed to go dormant during the dry 
winter season.  So maybe what you're seeing is normal.  I've never 
heard of them needing lots of water (not mature plants anyway)... in 
fact I thought they came from semi-arid regions of Mexico and so I 
always gave them good drainage.

Sorry, I wish I could give you more info, but I don't have experience 
raising them from seed.  I have a bunch of bulbs that I grow in 
containers and then bring them indoors during winter because they're 
not hardy up here this far north.
-- 
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/

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