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ArnoldT

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Crinum 2012
« on: August 02, 2012, 01:55:00 PM »
This one comes back right on schedule.

Spends winters in the house at the base of a window.

Crinum Rose Parade
Arnold Trachtenberg
Leonia, New Jersey

jshields

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Re: Crinum 2012
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2012, 02:04:48 PM »
This year, not one of my potted crinums that spent the winter in the heated barn and the summer outdoors has bloomed.  We can't keep the pots watered in this heat and drought.

Crinums growing outdoors in the ground have bloomed and are blooming, but most of them get irrigation.

Jim
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Lillii

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Re: Crinum 2012
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2012, 06:21:43 PM »
My crinum moorei was kept cool last winter and it never lost it leaves. They grew wider in fact and now it's big and beautiful! I will let it bloom it's last buds then i will keep it cool for the winter.
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Lill Isaksen

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Re: Crinum 2012
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2012, 07:22:24 PM »
My crinum moorei was kept cool last winter and it never lost it leaves. They grew wider in fact and now it's big and beautiful! I will let it bloom it's last buds then i will keep it cool for the winter.
very nice lillii
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