Saffron Walden
David Pilling (Fri, 07 Nov 2014 05:55:26 PST)
Hi,
On 07/11/2014 13:07, Bulborum Botanicum wrote:
That doesn't say anything David
The flowers where already in the corm when you bought them
you have to wait one year to see the real results
Yes of course the real test of my efforts is if the new corms formed
this Winter will be as big as the ones I bought or as floriferous.
However, we've discussed saffron and the difficulty getting it to flower
before. No one has been brave enough say what you just have - that the
flowers are already in the corms.
I have read suggestions that flowering depends on how the corms are
treated when planted in Autumn. Someone told me that their corms
flowered if left in the paper bag until they sprouted - that's what I did.
What you are saying, is that flowering success is predetermined in the
corms one buys and nothing one does post-purchase (in the first Fall)
can change things.
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David Pilling
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