Re: Bulb abuse
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- Subject: Re: Bulb abuse
- From: "* T* <m*@clark.net>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 03:22:16 -0400
Ah, Kate, that explains it! I was visualizing harvest as they bloomed....
Thanks!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: kvlykins@mail.atl.bellsouth.net
> Date: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 8:19 AM
>
> > "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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