Summer treatment of Nerine sarniensis
J.E. Shields (Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:05:20 PDT)

Anyone who ordered Nerine bulbs from Nick de Rothschild will need to get
them through summer in good health, as those sarniensis hybrids are all
winter growing, as far as I know.

I've summered sarniensis hybrids with limited success for many
years. Leaving the bulbs in the greenhouse over summer, as I do for
Haemanthus and Lachenalia, is not good. As the others reported, the bulbs
dry up and barely survive.

One summer they sat outdoors under a table, getting some rain but not full
exposure, and did very well. Another summer outdoors, wetter, did several
of them in.

This year, I am summering the sarniensis hybrids in my basement. I guess I
should probably spritz them lightly with water once or twice before autumn
comes.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

At 09:59 AM 7/11/2008 -0700, you wrote:

AH,
This is a great topic. I, also water my Nerines in the summer, lightly.
Certainly, no fertilizer, but grow all Nerines in clay pots, so they do NOT
stay wet. Works for me.
Clayton

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