Tales from re-potting

[David Nicholson]

.........A careful analysis of the situation has led me to the conclusion that the Banks are to blame for these weather conditions.

Well let's blame them anyway

[Maggi Young]

A careful analysis of the situation has led me to the conclusion that the Banks are to blame for these weather conditions.

Just had an email from Mr and Mrs Banks and their large, unruly family of Threadneedle Street London, saying that they are incensed by this vicious calumny and plan to demand compensation..........

Not sure from this whether it is Mr and Mrs Banks who are demanding compensation  or Tony.......

[Tony Willis]

Maggi

I think I will stick to the repotting which is going slowly but well at the moment.

[Gerry Webster]

A careful analysis of the situation has led me to the conclusion that the Banks are to blame for these weather conditions.

Just had an email from Mr and Mrs Banks and their large, unruly family of Threadneedle Street London, saying that they are incensed by this vicious calumny and plan to demand compensation..........

Threadneedle Street London? I thought the really naughty members of this family lived much further north.

[Maggi Young]

A careful analysis of the situation has led me to the conclusion that the Banks are to blame for these weather conditions.

Just had an email from Mr and Mrs Banks and their large, unruly family of Threadneedle Street London, saying that they are incensed by this vicious calumny and plan to demand compensation..........

Threadneedle Street London? I thought the really naughty members of this family lived much further north.

 

[Maggi Young]

Maggi

I think I will stick to the repotting which is going slowly but well at the moment.

Just heard that while the Banks family are greedy they are also broke, Tony, so you're probably just a well sticking with the repotting! 

[Lesley Cox]

David, I'm currently packeting seed for the lists. Will send along Polyxena longituba. Can't help with crocuses or lachenalias though. Sorry.

[fermi de Sousa]

A careful analysis of the situation has led me to the conclusion that the Banks are to blame for these weather conditions.

Just had an email from Mr and Mrs Banks and their large, unruly family of Threadneedle Street London, saying that they are incensed by this vicious calumny and plan to demand compensation..........

Tony,
You'll be hearing from their attorneys, "Dewey, Cheatham and Howe"!
cheers
fermi

[Tony Willis]

I thought I would look at my orchis/ophrys today which have been kept dry in the garage for the summer.

Most were in strong growth and have all now been repotted and watered. I think some will have rosettes of leaves within a fortnight.

[Roma]

Like Michael I thought Oxalis versicolor had succumbed to the cold winter temperatures as it did not show any signs of growth.  However I did not get round to emptying the pot and it sat on the greenhouse floor probably getting watered occasionally.  During the summer I noticed a very small leaf had appeared.  This was followed by a few more.  Yesterday I got round to tipping out the pot.  It was a four and a half inch square pot which had not been disturbed for a while and was crammed full of empty bulb tunics but I found a number of tiny bulbs.  On the one second from the left you can see 5 tiny bulbs still attached to one shoot.  I think if I had emptied out the pot in spring I would not have seen any.

[PeterT]

same story with lots of things here Roma, though plenty of losses too 

[tonyg]

Finally getting started with repotting.  First observations are that the Autumn crocus have done OK.  Losses are patchy, more than usual but not catastrophic (unlike the S African bulbs that I used to grow ).  Worst hit are bulbs in the greenhouse, on benches.  Those in a cold frame with a glass cover have seen some losses, mostly in pots around the edges which were wetter and consequently froze harder.  In the Access frame, with glass roof and sides there are almost no losses, some taxa showing better than average sized corms.  BTW Access have 10% off frames in September.  I think I will be spending on another frame before installing electricity for soil warming cables.  Here is an example of the happier results in the frame.