brilliant topic I have several Pelargoniums that I would like to try to change from winter growers into summer growers so they can take a break in a dry frost free shed. And I got some Galanthus from Paul in Australia that need to get their clocks reset Mark N Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sue Ittner" <msittner@mcn.org> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 8:15 PM Subject: [pbs] Bulbs that can be converted to another cycle--TOW > Dear All, > > The topic for this week is bulbs that can be converted to another cycle. I > couldn't quite figure out how to phrase this so it would be shorter and > clearer. I am hoping that all of you will share your experiences trying to > grow bulbs a different way than the would be found in nature. Have any of > you in cold climates been able to grow tender bulbs in the summer that > would not survive your climates otherwise? Have any of you with harsh hot > summers been able to grow plants that would like it cooler at another time, > say spring? I know that Lisa Flaum has been trying to turn winter growers > into summer growers and I hope she will share how it is going. Some plants > must respond to light and temperature one would think. > > A number of years ago a man from Seattle told that he could grow Ferraria > in summer there and found it just wasn't happy in his long wet cool winter, > but grew quite happily in his cool dryer summers when there was more light. > I am wondering what other things could be treated this way. > > Andrew Wilson sent me a piece of a Pelargonium. I'm not sure if is one that > counts as a geophyte, but he was definitely able to send this piece to me > that looked like a dry stick. Although it had gone dormant for the summer > already, when I watered it, it sprung to life and even starting blooming > late summer. > > A friend told me of buying Sandersonia at the local farmer's market as a > late harvest flower in fall. This one obviously can be grown at different > times of the year. > > Slightly related to this, has anyone found that when they buy a bulb from > another hemisphere that starts to grow at the wrong time that they can keep > it growing at this time. I got two bulbs of Boophone from Rhoda and Cameron > and I am wondering if I can keep them winter growing. > > No one responded about Peter's Daubenya. Have others found that Daubenya > aurea is fall blooming for them instead of spring? > > So please share your experiences everyone. I know there are some people > really eager to hear about this. > > Mary Sue > > > PBS List Administrator, Wiki Worker, TOW Coordinator (Whew!) > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >