Cypripedium pictures
giorgio pozzi (Mon, 12 May 2008 23:32:20 PDT)

Il giorno 13/mag/08, alle ore 04:24, Mary Sue Ittner ha scritto:

As usual all the new plants I begin to grow are suited in pots in
order to choose
the best soil mix and to move them to better position if needed,
( more sun or no sun at all ), and last it is easier to get the pictures
from flowers in pot ( they may grow turned on opposite site from
sight ).

After the first year of growth I try to plant them directly in the
ground:
we have here naturally acid soil and I amend it to lower acidity with
humus collected into the wood ( oaks, chestnuts and acacia leaves )
adding fine river sand, expanded clay and pumice to get better drainage;

I saw it is easier to feed them in ground and also they need less
care for watering,
so the plants grown in flowerbeds are taller and healthy and develop
more roots.

They fear direct sun after middle morning, so I had to create
artificial
shadow for Calceolus in ground using a antihail net .

Hoping it helps

Giorgio
Travedona (VA)
Italy
zone 7/8

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