Moraea corm spacing in pot
Peter Taggart (Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:54:33 PST)

My comments are only general, - I have limited experiance with Moraeas
because few are hardy here and I have only recently started using heat.
Provided that the compost is free draining and the pots do not flood, too
much water in the growing season is rarely a problem if the pots are stood
on sand, or some other medium which will draw the excess moisture from the
compost.
Too little moisture will prevent the new corms from growing before onset of
dormancy.
Another consequence of too much rain is the nutrients being washed out of
the compost. This is one of the reasons I include a small amount of clay
in my composts.
Deeper pots retain moisture better at the bottom of the pot. Deeper pots
also have greater volume and do not need to be so wide.
I think that you are in danger of over potting -which is often counter
productive in my experiance, though it does seem to be less of a problem in
warmer climates than mine where growth is faster. My observations of
overpotted plants in polytunnels is that they do better than those out of
doors.
With deep plastic pots an open compost mix is more important .
Peter (UK)

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Gastil <marygastil@yahoo.com> wrote: