Pam, I have found the mesh bags from the grocery store to work well. 3# and 5# of onions often come in them. As they are made out of plastic they are re-usable over many years. I use them to store garlic in. No reason other bulbs/tubers, etc. wouldn't work in them. Bob Hoel Elmhurst, Illinois 630-279-8510 -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 12:21 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 76, Issue 25 Send pbs mailing list submissions to pbs@lists.ibiblio.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org You can reach the person managing the list at pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Today's Topics: 1. Re: Scilla natalensis (Boyce Tankersley) 2. Caliifornia week in Maryland (Jim McKenney) 3. Bulb Storage (Pamela Slate) 4. Re: Bulb Storage (Fred Biasella) 5. Re: Bulb Storage (MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER) 6. Re: Bulb Storage (Jane McGary) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 12:46:00 -0500 From: "Boyce Tankersley" <btankers@chicagobotanic.org> Subject: Re: [pbs] Scilla natalensis To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <52857FDB394B7E45BA1F2E60D7313E2A0FCC217C@cbgmail.chicagobotanic.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Paul: Yes, I admired your Scilla natalensis (among a couple of thousand other plants in your collection) during the APGA field trip to your Garden. My bulb is planted deeply - one of the reasons I was not sure it would survive, much less flower. Boyce Tankersley Director of Living Plant Documentation Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 tel: 847-835-6841 fax: 847-835-1635 email: btankers@chicagobotanic.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 15:48:03 -0400 From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> Subject: [pbs] Caliifornia week in Maryland To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <000601c9db16$3918cd60$2f01a8c0@Library> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" This must be California week in my garden: various west coast of North America Brodiaea (B. jolonensis) , Dichelostemma (D. multiflorum, D. ida-maia, D. Pink Diamond) and Triteleia (T. ixioides) are blooming now and more are on the way. Dutch iris are also in bloom, as are such big Asian Allium as cristophii and the garden hybrid Globemaster. Little Allium crenulatum, the Olympic onion, is also blooming. Moraea polyanthus continues to bloom, and with each new flower it rises a bit in my esteem. Lilium hansonii has some well colored buds and will probably be the first lily to bloom here this year. A nice seed pod is ripening on Tecophilaea cyanocrocus. Crocuses in the lawn, mostly tommies, are putting their seed capsules up to the sun. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871? North, 77.09829? West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 08:56:44 -0700 From: "Pamela Slate" <pameladaz@msn.com> Subject: [pbs] Bulb Storage To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <BLU139-DS302540371376362CFD799AE570@phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi- Is there anyone out there who knows where I can get net bags (various materials are used) for bulb storage? I like them for ventilation, ease of ID and I can always see whether there's a problem or sprouting. Thanks much and have a good holiday, Pam Pamela Slate P.O. Box 5316 Carefree AZ 85377 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 12:09:55 -0400 From: "Fred Biasella" <fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulb Storage To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <895E75896DC54ED983892BA6650222A2@wsbmain.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Pamela, Save yourself some aggravation and just use an old pair of pantyhose. They work just as well. Fred Biasella Cambridge (Boston) MA -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Pamela Slate Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 11:57 AM To: 'Pacific Bulb Society' Subject: [pbs] Bulb Storage Hi- Is there anyone out there who knows where I can get net bags (various materials are used) for bulb storage? I like them for ventilation, ease of ID and I can always see whether there's a problem or sprouting. Thanks much and have a good holiday, Pam Pamela Slate P.O. Box 5316 Carefree AZ 85377 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 12:27:36 -0400 From: "MARK MAZER AND FREDRIKA MAZER" <markmazerandfm13@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulb Storage To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <410-220095623162736562@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Ol' reliable, McMaster-Carr, one of the great American companies, sells them. Anybody who "gets their hands dirty" should bookmark the site or acquire the catalog. http://www.mcmaster.com/ Search the site for mesh bags and the catalog page will load. Mark Mazer Hertford, North Carolina, USA > Is there anyone out there who knows where I can get net bag ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 10:00:18 -0700 From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulb Storage To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Message-ID: <E1M7uaF-0005IR-AW@elasmtp-dupuy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed An alternative to ordering net bags is to make them yourself. You can buy various kinds of netting at any large fabric store. If your sewing machine doesn't like the netting, you can cover the seam with tissue paper while sewing. I did this when I thought I would grow and store my own onions -- not realizing that good storage onions can be produced only where they get sufficient heat in summer. I don't store ornamental bulbs out of the ground for very long, and so I just use brown paper bags (obtainable in bulk from Costco) for the 4 to 6 weeks they're out during my annual bulb sale. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php End of pbs Digest, Vol 76, Issue 25 ***********************************