bulb sowing method
Diane Whitehead (Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:50:32 PDT)

I use Deno's results, and if he hasn't tested a species, I make a best
guess based on other species he has tested or I have grown.

The accepted way is to sow them in a pot, cover the seeds with grit,
and put them outside.

I also have a problem with grit: usually plants with grit on them die
because I can't figure out when to water them. I know what my
standard compost looks like when it needs water. A quick glance is
all that is necessary. I don't have to lift it to see if it is
feeling light, or tap the pot to see if it rings.

People who live in areas with summer rain probably don't have this
problem.

I also kill plants from nurseries that grow their plants in pumice
or its equivalent, even when it is something that grows in squelchy
areas on a lakeshore. I think these nurseries have automatic watering
systems that come on every day. So I have a double problem: their
compost is not just covered with grit, but grit all the way down. I
have to remind myself to plant out immediately, or repot into a
compost I'm familiar with.

Diane

On 17-Mar-08, at 3:11 PM, Dell Sherk wrote: