Thank You Marie Sue. Marie-Paule ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sue Ittner" <msittner@mcn.org> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] right mix for Gethyllis? > Dear Marie-Paule, > > Gethyllis was the topic of the week in July 2004. You can learn about it by > reading the posts: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/… > > Also helpful would be Rachel Saunders' introduction: > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/old.php/… > > Her last paragraph says: > "The best way to grow Gethyllis is in a large deep pot in a well-drained > sandy potting mix. They need to be kept dry in summer and damp in winter, > and they are simple to grow from seed." > > Since I killed the only ones I tried to grown from seed I'm not sure I'd > agree with simple to grow from seed but then I was trying to grow them at > the wrong time of the year since the seed needs to be planted immediately > and mine was from South Africa. I bought some bulbs from Gordon Summerfield > in South Africa and am anxiously waiting to see if they have turned > themselves around and will reappear in the late fall. They grew very well > when I planted them, but were on the wrong cycle, but have been dormant for > awhile now. > > I hope this helps. > > Mary Sue > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >