Re: price and quality/Best deal??
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- Subject: Re: price and quality/Best deal??
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:04:28 -0500
Joanne,
Actually, I've always said they needed to be planted in the green for best
success. It was Dr. Paul Christian - on his web site (one of my "more
info" links) - who says that's a fallacy - and I pointed that out so people
who followed the link and read what he said would realize I had read it
too, since he is pretty strong about it ;-)
He does go on to say that he keeps his bulbs moist and ships moist. I
probably should have expanded on this a bit, but my impression from what he
says (and he is an acknowledged bulb expert) is that IF you can get them
from him or another supplier who will store properly and pack moist, THEN
you can buy dormant bulbs with every chance that all of them will grow and
prosper (all else being equal).
However, I have yet to find a bulb merchant this side of the pond who does
that. Anybody know one? Until that paragon of bulb virtue is found, I
still think the best chance for success with these guys is digging and
transplanting in the green.
This is not to say that no dried bulbs will grow. They will, but not as
many and not as well. I got my first lot of bulbs dried - as most people
would. Think only about 1/3 or 1/4 of them actually grew to form the
nucleus of my nice patch of G.nivalus. It's been so many years now that
numbers escape me, but it was probably like 2 or 3 out of 10 or a dozen
bulbs....enough as it turns out over time, but fairly disappointing the
first spring.
Anybody have any other thoughts on this one? I can sure stand corrected by
someone who really knows the scoop!
Marge
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor: Gardening in Shade
current article: Mailorder Nurseries - On and Off Line - Seneca Hill
Perennials
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> From: HAGARJD@aol.com
> Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 9:29 PM
>
> I have an off topic question for all you experts. I have snowdrops
starting to
> come up. Every year I split the ones that I have and they do well. But I
have
> no luck at all with the dried bulbs when I try to add more or to get
different
> varieties. Marge said in her article on galanthus that the old belief
that
> they should be planted " in the green" was a fallacy. What do you guys
think
> and if it's true..where can you get snowdrops in growth? Thanks
> Joanne
>
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