Maryland update
totototo@telus.net (Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:07:11 PST)

On 14 Feb 08, at 21:20, Roy Herold wrote:

That's a very dangerous way to live. <g> Let me emphasize that it's
*granite* grit or sand you want, for the potassium it slowly
releases, per on-web comments from a grower in the Los Angeles area.

Basalt, having the same chemical composition as granite, would do as
well, ditto volcanic pumice.

They're self-fertile if hand pollinated. I've read that the seeds are
best germinated in a rather peaty mix (contrary to the preference of
the mature bulbs), and that the seedlings are *very* slow to reach
flowering size.

Summer treatment, according to our own Alberto Castillo, bone dry but
not baked like a tulip. Put the pot in the shade to keep it cool.

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island