If you plant Scadoxus multiflorus to late I have the experience they can't handle longer periods cold below +10ºC last two winters I planted 50 bulbs half October only one survived the winter in the poly-tunnel Roland 2013/5/1 Nicholas Wightman <wightmanflora@hotmail.com> > The cool dry season has day temperatures in the mid to high teens celcius > and night temperatures below 10. The hot dry season has temperatures that > can get into the 30's but usually is in the high 20's. I'm not at all sure > how much temperature plays a role in the bulbs as they occur in full sun to > part shady conditions. I suppose it's best to try treating it as Jim does, > maybe that will work for you too! > > Cheers, > > Nick > > > Date: Wed, 1 May 2013 07:45:20 -0700 > > From: jamesamckenney@verizon.net > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Scadoxus multiflorus - how to bloom? > > > > Anders, here in Maryland. where summertime day temperatures regularly go > over 32 degrees C (in July 1936 it reached 43 degrees C!); there are on > average about 30 days per year when the temperature is at or over 32 > degrees C. Not only is it hot, it is humid. Not, I think, like Denmark. > > > > Scadoxus multiflorus multiflorus grows well and easily here. My plants > have been in the same pot for years. During the frost free season, the pot > is placed in a dish of water and left out in the sun. I try to remember to > keep water in the dish at all times. Some years I throw in some granular > fertilizer. In the autumn, I keep a watch out for night frosts and bring > the pot in for that night if they occur. Otherwise, the pot stays outside > until the foliage ripens sometime in early November. Then the pot comes > inside and spends the winter dry in the heated basement. In April or May it > goes outside again to repeat the cycle. > > > > The soil used is a heavy loam. > > > > Other than that, it gets no special care. And the pot has bloomed every > year, some years more abundantly than others. > > > > Jim McKenney > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where the tree Davidia > involucrata has about a thousand flowers now, tulips are at their height > and the first tree peonies are in bloom. > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- R de Boer La Maugardiere 1 F 27260 EPAIGNES FRANCE Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 Email: bulborum@gmail.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/Bulborum/…