Nerine sarniensis
J.E. Shields (Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:51:15 PDT)

Hi Mark and all,

Since I really can't grow the Nerine sarniensis hybrids, I can't tell you
how to get them to bloom.

I can tell you that Sir Peter Smithers told us some years back that in his
experience, feeding sarniensis hybrids at all would trigger release of
endogenous plant viruses. I think that might potentially ruin your entire
collection of Nerine bulbs.

My N. bowdenii are starting to bloom now inside the greenhouse, and they
never get any feeding other than natural rainfall and random bird droppings
while outdoors in summer.

Jim Shields

At 12:49 AM 10/20/2004 +0100, you wrote:

hi all

Only two out of c12 pots of Nerine sarniensis cultivars have bloomed this
year. So I have two questions.

How much frost can they take if I leave them outside to get maximum light?
How often should I feed them Tomato food to build up the bulb for next
year's show of flowers?

thanks

Mark
N Ireland
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