sand doe's not keep water but by planting so deep there is always some moisture roots go till 1 meter deep but don't water them always with seawater because it is building up and getting too salty Roland bulborum@gmail.com 2010/3/8 Adam Fikso <adam14113@ameritech.net> > I'm puzzled as to your reasoning about needing little water. Salt water > perhaps. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:33 PM > Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum > > > Last fall I planted five bulbs of Pancratium maritimum from a commercial > source in one of my cold frames. These bulbs were not exactly planted in > the > usual sense. I simply put the bulbs on the surface of the cold frame soil > with the bases of the bulbs slightly buried. Most of the bulb is exposed. > The bulbs rooted quickly but have otherwise shown no sign of life (i.e. no > foliage). I'll report on their progress or lack of progress later this > year. > > > > > I tried this species several years ago; bulbs were planted into the soil of > the same cold frame but not watered. Within a year the bulbs had either > disappeared or shriveled down to almost nothing. This surprised me - I > wrongly assumed that this species would need little water. > > > > In the past I've also grown P. illyricum as a pot plant, putting it outside > during the summer and bringing it in during the winter. Several years > passed > without seeing the plant bloom, and it was eventually discarded. > > > > I also planted five seeds of P. maritimum last November - but nothing has > happened there yet. > > > > I too would like to hear from anyone growing these species. > > > > > > Jim McKenney > > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >