Re: Sprekelia formosissima
- To: Mediterannean Plants List
- Subject: Re: Sprekelia formosissima
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 08:30:04 +1300
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susannah@cyber-dyne.com wrote:
>
> On the advice of Moira, Dave Poole, and fellow medit-planters, I have been
> attempting to
> given my Sprekelias a dry winter rest. I haven't watered them since
> mid-October, and their summer growth has died back. Problem is, when I
> checked them yesterday, they were still somewhat damp and were resprouting.
> While it's possible some well-meaning soul watered them, things just don't
> dry out in this climate in winter, even in the cold greenhouse where they
> are. The only way to really dry something out reasonably quickly is to
> move it to a heated place. Should I do that? Is coolness in winter
> important? Still hoping to flower these beautiful plants...
Susannah
I am sorry I haven't replied before, as always I am busy and I thought
someone else might write.
I think if they are resprouting you could lose the new growth of you
attempt to dry them off at this point, so perhaps you will just have to
let them grow. In your climate you might do better to actually lift them
in Autumn and store the dry bulbs for the winter. They will last
several months in this way and will eventually show they are ready to
be planted by beginning to sprout even in the dry.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
