Rain at last??/When to start watering
Rodger Whitlock (Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:21:31 PDT)
On 16 Oct 04 at 8:03, Mary Sue Ittner wrote:
Finally does anyone have any good ideas about the best way to water
dormant pots that are completely dry? I find the water goes right
through them, around the sides.
Stand them in *shallow* water and let capillary action do all the
work.
I am of the opinion that some summer-dormant bulbs continue to
extract traces of moisture from the soil all summer long and do not
tolerate total drying out. Cyclamen is the chief of these, but there
are certainly others. Anything with perennial roots should be
considered guilty unless proven innocent.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island