HK, See this thread: http://alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/… Mike On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 11:08 PM, From HK <hk@icarustrading.com> wrote: > What is a sand plunge? > > On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > I'd recommend either a plunge, or keeping the pots in full shade. Sylvia > > doesn't say whether the pots are plastic or pottery. My cyclamen species > > that are not in the ground are in clay pots kept under my shaded plant > > stands in summer, where a little water drips onto them so they are humid, > > if not wet. In the Bay Area no species should need winter protection; I > > keep C. rohlfsianum and C. creticum indoors under lights in winter here > in > > Portland, Oregon (colder than where Paul lives), and C. rhodense is in a > > raised bed in the unheated bulb house. All the others are outdoors all > the > > time (I don't have C. libanoticum, C. persicum, or C. balearicum, also > > rather tender). I don't think any species needs to be completely dry in > > summer; indeed, there's a volunteer C. graecum in a heavily watered > > perennial bed of very organic soil, and it flowered this year too. > > > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > > On 6/27/2018 4:34 PM, Paul wrote: > > > >> I maintain many Cyclamen in pots five miles from the ocean near > Brookings > >> OR. After killing many seedlings from over drying, I now keep my pots > in a > >> sand plunge and water the sand over the summer. Cyclamen seem best > served > >> in as small a pot as possible, but I discovered that if the roots > desiccate > >> too much the plant is doomed. > >> > >> Paul Otto > >> Brookings Or ( where the rain is absent from June to September) > >> > >> Sent from my iPad > >> > >> On Jun 27, 2018, at 4:00 PM, Sylvia Sykora <slsykora@sbcglobal.net> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> I’d be grateful for suggestions from those who grow Cyclamen in pots in > >>> Northern California (Bay Area) or elsewhere with a similar lengthy > summer > >>> drought some heat, some abundant fog. C. hederifolium and C. coum > seem to > >>> take care of themselves in the ground even with summer water (the > former > >>> beginning to bloom this week before all the leaves have died down). > But > >>> small pots of other species baffle me. Do I keep them shaded and dry > all > >>> summer? Dry but in the sun? Can they take our sometimes abundant fog > drip > >>> from June through August? Do they need a sand plunge bed? And why > did C. > >>> cilicium put out fresh leaves and a few blooms two weeks ago? As the > kids > >>> say, “So, what’s going on?” In past years I’ve left the pots out on > plant > >>> stands, moving them out of fierce sun during heat waves and letting > them > >>> take what fog drip blows in from the ocean. I’m keeping seedlings in > >>> their first and second year watered through our summer. Any ideas that > >>> might work for a collection of small pots of these lovelies would be > >>> welcomed. > >>> > >>> Thank you. > >>> > >>> Sylvia Sykora > >>> Oakland, CA > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> pbs mailing list > >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…