Re: Bulb abuse
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Bulb abuse
- From: k*@mail.atl.bellsouth.net
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:19:13 +0000
> "Marge Talt" <mtalt@clark.net> wrote
>
> Bill,
>
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.
> >
> > << (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.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Marge,
I should have been more precise. When I said spring I meant mid-
to late spring, after daff foliage has died down.
Kate
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