Crocus January 2008

[Tony Willis]

Some of mine in flower today

[Tony Willis]

and a few more

[mark smyth]

very nice selection of Crocus.

Tony/Ian can I feed my Crocus? If yes with what?

[Tony Willis]

I never feed mine,they are cleaned and repotted in fresh compost each year and most seem to do fine.I know others feed regularly and I am considering trying with a dilute feed but have not thought which to use yet.I sometimes have very bad years when a number make very small corms but this is in some cases  down to the weather and in others that I am poor at growing them.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Some great Crocus' there Tony !
I'm intrigued by the C. biflorus crewei - yours has black anthers - the one Dominique showed on the previous page doesn't - can anybody shed any light on this ??
Thanks
Luc
(apprentice croconut  )

[David Nicholson]

very nice selection of Crocus.

Tony/Ian can I feed my Crocus? If yes with what?

A little Sulphate of Potash perhaps, just as the leaves start to go over?

Lovely photographs Tony and Dominique, C. biflorus crewi is something special. Dammit, all of them are special

[Tony Willis]

According to Mathew in 'The Crocus' ssp crewii has dark anthers. Those in Dominique's last picture would seem to be so although difficult to tell from the picture once they have dehisced.

[dominique]

I have not seen them black, perhaps before they have dehisced. I see them only by night from monday to saturday in the morning !!! is it wrong ? (Holland origin)

[dominique]

Tony your Crocuses are fantastics . Thank you for those pics

[mark smyth]

Here's a nice ghost of a reticulatus. Tony G is it possible it will stay like this?

[tonyg]

Mark - generally external markings remain the same each year.  I have never seen such a pale C reticulatus.  More pics please.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Tony,
Any chance of enlightening us on the matter of C. crewei raised higher in the thread ?
Thanks

[Thomas Huber]

Dominique, I have biflorus ssp crewei from the same source, and I'm not
sure if this one is true - it has yellow anthers. This form came originally from
person with many mixed up and wrongly named stocks.     It is very hard
to give an ID to a biflorus without knowing its origin, so I can't help
with its correct name. Tony's form looks indeed like the true ssp crewei!

[mark smyth]

Tony G/Thomas can I feed Crocus now especially those I did not repot this year

[Maggi Young]

Mark,
 BD says he would be tempted to leave feeding until the end of January, but your plants are so far ahead of ours in growth that you could feed if the weather were to stay mild. You may need to re-feed if lots of water is liable to wash out the feed too quickly.