Re: Bulb abuse
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- Subject: Re: Bulb abuse
- From: "* T* <m*@clark.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 01:40:22 -0400
Bill,
First, glad to hear you testify on your immediate replanting of bulbs you
intend to keep. What is "formalin"?
About the growers harvesting in spring. This is new to me and makes me
wonder since I've always thought the bulb needed to have its leaves to
provide energy for making the flower bud for the next year. Now, if
growers harvest their bulbs in spring, how do the bulbs form the flower
bud? Most decent bulbs you buy and plant in fall bloom the following
spring. Does this mean that the bulbs are using stored reserves to create
that flower bulb the first spring after sale? And, if so, does this
actually weaken the bulb?
Confused...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Blee811@aol.com
> Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 10:15 PM
>
> In a message dated 7/21/98 7:18:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kvlykins@mail.atl.bellsouth.net writes:
>
> << (So why do the
> growers harvest in spring? To make room for a new crop?) >>
> Growers harvest their daffodil bulbs in the spring because the foliage is
> still there and they can see where the bulbs are. I think it is also the
best
> time to yank them from the ground to begin curing them for
out0of-the-ground
> dormancy without rotting, but I am not on firm ground on this.
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