Fritillaria imperialis again
Lauw de Jager (Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:35:39 PDT)
Dear Jim,
All our large Fritilaria (imperialis, persica, raddeana) in the (dry) ground
do not show any root dvelopment. The cause of the roots on your F
imperialis surely is a humid environment. In the fridge it will get worse,
you can dry them off and loose the roots, or plant them now in the gropund
with a little humidity (personally I prefer the last option)
Greetings
-- Lauw de Jager
Bulb'Argence
South of France (zone 9 (olive trees)
emailto: dejager@bulbargence.com
Site http://www.bulbargence.com/
Le 27/08/08 17:54, « Jim McKenney » <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> a écrit :
I¹ve read that
this species begins to produce new roots in August. I last checked this bulb
perhaps two weeks ago at the most, so this root growth is something new.
The bulb has spent the summer wrapped in newspaper.
What next? Three options present themselves immediately: leave the bulb in
its newspaper wrapping until the soil temperatures cool down (i.e. probably
sometime in October), plant it now out into the garden (the least attractive
option in my view), or store the newspaper wrapped bulb in the refrigerator
until planting time.
I¹m not sure what to do here: any suggestions?
The related Fritillaria raddeana (now going into its fourth year here) shows
no sign of root growth, nor do Fritillaria persica and its cultivar ŒIvory
Bells¹).