We grow Eucomis for cut flowers in humid zone 9. Under plastic to keep the rain off. It's not uncommon for some of our plants to be completely defoliated by crown rot. The plants put up with it as it rarely moves into the bulb. However, this defoliation inspires the plants to flush at odd times. Regardless, we dry them out and let them frost down in the winter and this seems to get everyone back on track the following spring. Joe Durando Alachua, FL On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 8:00 AM <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Out of synch? (Robert Lauf) > 2. Re: Out of synch? (Shmuel Silinsky) > 3. Pastel Hippeastrum (Tim Eck) > 4. Re: Out of synch? (Jane McGary) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:34:22 +0000 (UTC) > From: Robert Lauf <boblauf@att.net> > To: Shmuel Silinsky via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Out of synch? > Message-ID: <1658642549.2955584.1666701262470@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I can offer two comments, based on my experience here in Zone 7. > 1. Most Eucomis (with the exception of E regia) are from summer rainfall areas and they grow and bloom in summer.? Growth here starts around mid-April and that's when I dig/divide if I'm going to do it that year. > 2. Often mine will put up some new growth in the fall, and some will occasionally bloom a second time.? This summer here was brutally hot and dry, and everything took a beating, except for the weeds, of course, but some of the Eucomis are putting on some new growth.? I don't expect any reblooms as we are already flirting with frost.? And the frost is a few weeks early this year.? Go figure. > So without knowing your exact conditions, if your summers are really dry, start watering in April and they will probably come to life.? If they are in pots, you might try adding some hydrogel to the soil so you can give it a good soaking and then not need to water so frequently going forward. > Bob? E TN > On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 02:23:38 AM EDT, Shmuel Silinsky via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > My Eucomis Dark Star in a pot was dormant all summer and is now starting > growth. Should it be a summer grower? Should I try to "train" it to a > different schedule? > Shmuel Silinsky > Jerusalem Israel > Zone 9b > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:45:17 +0300 > From: Shmuel Silinsky <gardenbetter@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Out of synch? > Message-ID: > <CACHBJeH7uJYEFCNqXL9x3u6p7h6ST7t0SdhS6J0DH7W50QDUjA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 3:34 PM Robert Lauf via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > I can offer two comments, based on my experience here in Zone 7. > > 1. Most Eucomis (with the exception of E regia) are from summer rainfall > > areas and they grow and bloom in summer. Growth here starts around > > mid-April and that's when I dig/divide if I'm going to do it that year. > > 2. Often mine will put up some new growth in the fall, and some will > > occasionally bloom a second time. This summer here was brutally hot and > > dry, and everything took a beating, except for the weeds, of course, but > > some of the Eucomis are putting on some new growth. I don't expect any > > reblooms as we are already flirting with frost. And the frost is a few > > weeks early this year. Go figure. > > So without knowing your exact conditions, if your summers are really dry, > > start watering in April and they will probably come to life. If they are > > in pots, you might try adding some hydrogel to the soil so you can give it > > a good soaking and then not need to water so frequently going forward. > > Bob E TN > > On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 02:23:38 AM EDT, Shmuel Silinsky via > > pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > My Eucomis Dark Star in a pot was dormant all summer and is now starting > > growth. Should it be a summer grower? Should I try to "train" it to a > > different schedule? > > Shmuel Silinsky > > Jerusalem Israel > > Zone 9b > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:22:03 -0400 > From: Tim Eck <timeck17582@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Pastel Hippeastrum > Message-ID: > <CA+ur5ibQitLdVLH57ObgUYvzNM5Hyhej8vQ4PAZ2aDt0+Hn8=g@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I posted an image to the forum of a pastel hippeastrum that I am selfing. > If there is interest in the seed, let me know and I will send any seed to > the SX. > Tim > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:47:22 -0700 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > To: Robert Lauf via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Out of synch? > Message-ID: <16541473-afb4-4493-6e7f-0235afbbd55e@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > I grow several Eucomis species and hybrids in a summer-dry climate, but > I keep them in a part of the garden that is irrigated once a week in > summer. 'Dark Star' and the similar 'Sparkling Burgundy' do very well > here, flowering in August-September and providing handsome foliage > contrast. These and the other Eucomis here are planted rather deeply and > well mulched against freezing winters. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > On 10/25/2022 5:34 AM, Robert Lauf via pbs wrote: > > I can offer two comments, based on my experience here in Zone 7. > > 1. Most Eucomis (with the exception of E regia) are from summer rainfall areas and they grow and bloom in summer.? Growth here starts around mid-April and that's when I dig/divide if I'm going to do it that year. > > 2. Often mine will put up some new growth in the fall, and some will occasionally bloom a second time.? This summer here was brutally hot and dry, and everything took a beating, except for the weeds, of course, but some of the Eucomis are putting on some new growth.? I don't expect any reblooms as we are already flirting with frost.? And the frost is a few weeks early this year.? Go figure. > > So without knowing your exact conditions, if your summers are really dry, start watering in April and they will probably come to life.? If they are in pots, you might try adding some hydrogel to the soil so you can give it a good soaking and then not need to water so frequently going forward. > > Bob? E TN > > On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 02:23:38 AM EDT, Shmuel Silinsky via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > My Eucomis Dark Star in a pot was dormant all summer and is now starting > > growth. Should it be a summer grower? Should I try to "train" it to a > > different schedule? > > Shmuel Silinsky > > Jerusalem Israel > > Zone 9b > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 68, Issue 20 > *********************************** _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…