Steve have you ever thought that Jeyes Fluid is killing all flora and fauna in the soil. When a bulb with stag arrives it runs riot because there is nothing there to stop it
Well, I'm a bit surprised at the "killing all flora and fauna in the soil" Mark. You walked round my garden two weeks ago with Jo, did it really look like the Sahara desert? (You didn't say so whilst you were here). The soil was fine, then stag arrived - in that order - in certain areas, not everywhere. Left untreated, it spreads in the soil.
Other people on this forum send me PMs saying the same. Its a problem that dare not speak its name and the reason for including it in the Shaftesbury talk was to get it more into the open and talked about. Jeyes was just one of a range of measures I talked about. Between them they have first contained and now are rolling back the problem. Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, the worms will be back. Meanwhile alpines, bulbs and herbaceous plants grow happily, including in those areas that are currently being treated for Stag. And I could list here names you would recognise of reputable snowdrop growers and nurserymen who also accept the need to treat and prevent Stag.
But if you've got healthy soil, no bad organisms, and happy worms, long may it last.
