Ref seed from the Archibald's. Regrettably no longer possible,. As I understand it this particular Scotsman is sadly no longer with us for the past few years now. Jim died aged 68 on August 9th 2010 Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2013 4:00 PM Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 122, Issue 49 > 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: Fertilizer for Nerine (arnold140@verizon.net) > 2. Re: Sternbergia (Jadeboy48@aol.com) > 3. Re: Fertilizer for Nerine (J.E. Shields) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:08:53 -0500 (CDT) > From: arnold140@verizon.net > Subject: Re: [pbs] Fertilizer for Nerine > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <30611931.896330.1364605733185.JavaMail.root@vznit170134> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I routinely toss some wood ashes on snow covered beds during winter. > > > Arnold > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 05:34:56 -0400 (EDT) > From: Jadeboy48@aol.com > Subject: Re: [pbs] Sternbergia > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Message-ID: <38398.707702c2.3e880bc0@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Dear Jim ,Thanks for your information. I am very familiar when you have a > self sterility problem with certain flowers. As a retired grower once I > know once other growers find a clone of something that grows well and has > some > good qualities growers will just multiply that clone.The problem is losing > genetic diversity. One disease can wipe out a susceptible clone and then > it > is gone, maybe forever.-Russ H. > > > In a message dated 3/29/2013 5:48:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > jshields@indy.net writes: > > Another possibility is that we are seeing one single clone making up the > commercial stock of Sternbergia. It is probably self-sterile, as many > other plants in the Amaryllidaceae are. All you might need to get seeds > would be some live pollen from a different clone of the same species. > > Another problem is that S. lutea occurs as triploid (2n = 3x = 33) as > well > as the diploid (2n = 22) form. Triploids are usually sterile. See: > http://cites.com/ > http://bulbs.myspecies.info/content/… > > I would guess that you will have to find seeds of the diploid form, from > one of the seed exchanges or from someone like the Archibalds. Good > luck! > > Jim Shields > > > > > At 08:23 PM 3/29/2013 +1300, you wrote: >>Russ, Sternbergia does not set seed. It is something to do with diploid >>or whatever. Do you have one which does set seed, as there is a seed >>setting one. But the most often grown one does not set seed. >> >>Ina > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40? 02.8' N, Long. 086? 06.6' W > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:27:11 -0400 > From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Fertilizer for Nerine > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20130330081915.038bfda8@pop.indy.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > > At 08:08 PM 3/29/2013 -0500, you wrote: >> I routinely toss some wood ashes on snow covered beds during winter. >> >> >>Arnold >> > > > And this would not pose such a threat. Fresh wood ashes contain the > potassium as potassium oxide, K2O, which reacts with water in the air to > form KOH, the extremely caustic potassium hydroxide. > > KOH will absorb carbon dioxide from the air to form potassium carbonate, > "potash," which is still alkaline but not so destructive as KOH. > > Over time, the potassium carbonate absorbs more carbon dioxide from the > air > and some of it becomes potassium bicarbonate, which is no more dangerous > than baking soda. It is all a matter of time and process. > > Arnold knows all this already, but I thought a few of the others in the > group might not. By the way, I have been known to throw wood ashes on the > top of a compost pile, where they can weather for a year or two. > > Jim Shields > > > > > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Lat. 40? 02.8' N, Long. 086? 06.6' W > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 122, Issue 49 > ************************************