DORMANT TEMPERATURES
Lee Poulsen (Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:23:35 PST)
And in inland Southern California, where the climate conditions *in the ground* are just fine for many of the winter growing bulbs, I could never put the dormant pots in full sunshine against a south wall, especially seedling bulbs in small pots. I move them under full shade either under trees with dense canopies, or on a non-south-facing wall of the house over which I have strung up aluminized tarps over the storage area—in the same ways one puts up shade cloth except this is complete shade.
—Lee
On Dec 19, 2019, at 1:15 PM, oooOIOooo via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
Even summer-growing cacti cook against south- or west-facing walls here in Phoenix. Many summer-dormant bulbs are iffy in full shade through our summers outdoors. We have weeks of nights in the 80s F / mid 30s C. Most Albuca, Drimia and Oxalis are fine dormant outside here. I put a lot of pots in boxes and store them indoors in closets for the summer.
Leo Martin
Phoenix Arizona USA
Zone 9?
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