I spend the weekend wreak in the greenhouse , which just mean that I water , sow seeds , fertilized the Nerine and Cyclamen – which is when I find that many of the Cyclamen purpurascens did not have labels . Labeling Cyclamen is one of those tasks that I commonly think to do in mid July when I am repotting the collection , which does n’t really help oneself . I can identify many just by looking at their tuber ( bulb ) , but I still can not properly ID them by foliage shape . So as I had the label maker out in the greenhouse already , I retrieve that I would take an extra hour and recording label all of the Cyclamen purpurascens pots . This way I can severalize which ones to keep ( the silver and arrowhead forge forms ) and which one to relocate alfresco . Of course , you all know me … this lead to me puttering with other thing …
January means little bulb will come into bloom in the greenhouse . In some geezerhood they blossom in early January , in other years , they flower as late as late February , but whenever they flower , the same metal money bloom at the same time , in the proper order , which I find interesting . Just as our native raging flowers may flower in a different calendar week each yr , they never break the order of magnitude in which they bloom . Nature is far smarter than we are – even under glass .
Cyclamen species are laughably sluttish to rise in a cool greenhouse . I commend years ago , before I had the glasshouse , how hard it was to strain and grow these species , as I could not grow them under lights or start them from seed . I think I started one come from a packet of cum that I corrupt from Thompson & Morgan back then . Once I had the glasshouse , I acquired some plants from others who keep collections , and I quick learned how easy these plant were . semen must be sown smart , just as the seed pods become piano in June , before the plants go dormant . The seeds stay in the ironical dirt ( sand and grit ) until September , when they are watered . Within a few weeks , the seeds evolve . In the state of nature , seeds are inseminate by ant who are attracted to a sticky , sweet substance on each seed ( Cyclamen are SO wise ) . The emmet can steal my seeds in one even , so I require to act quickly . As for the ones that I overleap ? They are now come up all over the greenhouse – who does n’t bonk that !
Many of my tiny alpine bulbs bloom together , and this weekends sandpaper seam combines species from South America , South Africa and Turkey all in one bed . I always think doubly about write one of these more geeky berth , as they seem insistent , as each year it seems that the same plant get along into blossom . This year I total about 8 more Lachenalia species , so there are a few freshman to apportion here . Also , some of the South African ejaculate that I sowed 5 years ago , are beginning to flower , which is always rewarding ( but what about those seed raised bulbs that I sow 10 year ago ! What ’s up with that ? ) .
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