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Freesias - Growing Question From Newbie
Planted approximately 25 Freesia bulbs about two months ago, no sign of
life as yet. Did some light digging yesterday and accidentally dug up one of the bulbs which still looks exactly as it did when I planted it ! Is their anything important that has to be done when planting Fresias that I may have missed ? (This is my first experience with Freesias). Thanks. Moo. |
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Moo wrote: Planted approximately 25 Freesia bulbs about two months ago, no sign of life as yet. Did some light digging yesterday and accidentally dug up one of the bulbs which still looks exactly as it did when I planted it ! Is their anything important that has to be done when planting Fresias that I may have missed ? (This is my first experience with Freesias). Thanks. Moo. Hello Moo Freesias normally flower in the spring around mid march under glass and depending on the season around a month later outside. They are howver not fully hardyand you could lose a lot if you plant outside. My regime is as follows. After flowering in the greenhouse, I feed fairly well and put outside to die off orund the end of June. End of july I remove from the pots and hang up the corms in plastic nets in a south facing shed. They get very hot during the summer and this initiates the flower buds for next year. End of september, I plant out into 2 gallon plastic buckets which I have drilled for drainage and put the largest corms about 2" from the bottom, say about 8 corms, the a 2" layer of compost then about 15 smaller corms then a 2" layer et cetera.I then stake them with 5 or six canes and twine I put the buckets in a cool place and bring them into the green house in early November before the first frost. I keep the green house just frost free and await the flowers again in March. I pick around two or three hundred flowers over a three or four week period and enjoy the perfume which must be the best perfume of any plant. I have benn doing this regime for about 25 years. Hope this helps Tony Bull www.caterpillarfountain co.uk |
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