General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 47...! :-D, 1 by eweed

eweed wrote:
Julie ty but you should have seen them before my health started a down hill sprial I haven't dug these in two years playing a bit of russian rouletthere I know and I have lost some really nice ones. Need to dig at least a few this year thought because this may be the year we get a real winter again. These are planted in rows 5 feet apart with the bulbs 18 inches in the row I do not stake them nor do I use fertilizer at all for to do so encourages vegatative growth that hides the flowers and makes the bulbs more prone to spoiling in storage. If one wishes to use fertilixer it needs to be very low in nitrogen and applie early in the season. Wh en I was really gung ho I prestarted the bulbs in a mix of sand and peat to break their dormanacy and get flowers in June but no more just to many to do and to much energy.

Daisy ruffels I cut my tubers the same day I dig them sounds like you cut in the spring do you.?

This picture should show you why I have slowed down with the D flowers lol Ernie