Re: Galanthus and Cyclamen
- Subject: Re: [SG] Galanthus and Cyclamen
- From: G* B*
- Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 08:30:11 -0600
Hello Jim,
Just a thought... you mention your cyclamen dwindling over the past
couple of years. That always makes me thing of energy storage problems...
firs thing comes to mind ins light. How much light are they receiving? Next
on the list is soil pH.If the pH is wrong, not matter the nutrients
available they bulb cannot feed, dwindles in size.
Anyone know the pH requirements for cyclamen... do all species have the
same basic pH needs?
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens,LLC
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
www.munchkinnursery.com
Southern Indiana Zone 6
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@INDY.NET>
Subject: [SG] Galanthus and Cyclamen
> Hi folks,
snip...
> I'm not doing very well with my Cyclamen outdoors. C. hederifolium
'Bowles
> Apollo' did well for a couple of years, but is dwindling. Bulbs of C.
> hederifolium raised from seed and planted out in the dappled shade did not
> come up last fall, nor did others bought as mature bulbs. C. coum bulbs
> planted out in the woodland beds try to shoot a few small leaves in fall;
> but they are really miserable looking, compared to the overcrowded pots of
> seedlings in the greenhouse. The coum in the greenhouse are blooming now.
> Jim Shields
