How Often to Re-pot?

Jane McGary via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:03:22 PDT
I grow an entirely different range of bulbs from what Judy mentions, but 
about half of the collection is in plunged pots. I used to repot them 
every second year, which called for mixing mountains of potting medium. 
With declining strength, I've moved to doing it every third year. I do 
keep the fertility up with soluble fertilizer applied at intervals 
during the growing season. This summer I repotted all the potted bulbs. 
Next summer I hope to lift the other half of the collection, which grow 
planted directly in a deep, covered raised bed, and refresh the soil, 
which has become compacted over the ten years since I built the bed.

The surplus from the repotting will appear in the next BX, which I trust 
will be announced soon.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

On 8/1/2021 10:53 AM, Judy Glattstein via pbs wrote:
> Last year I re-potted all of my rhodophiala, lachenalia, freesia, 
> oxalis, and cyclamen in late summer. It was a chore, to be sure.
>
> How often does this really need to be done? If more so for some genera 
> than others, which should get priority?
>
> Judy in soggy New Jersey where Canna x ehemanii has just started into 
> flower
>
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