Chipping/Twin-scaling type question

[Uwe]

@ Martin:
I have cut acroos the basal plate, not trough . And like slicing a cake.



@ Alan:
I took the bulb from a bulk Trympostor, which I bought last year at Avon Bulbs . This bulk had last year 5 bulbs . This year there are about 7 bulbs.
I will continue to try this year. Maybe it was a fluke.

Best wishes
Uwe

[loes]

About Trympostor:
Last year I bought 1 bulb of Trympostor and now after one season there are 20 bulbs! 
I just potted it in a mesh pot and in the garden.I didnt cut or do anything special.
The very best doer in my garden!

[Maggi Young]

About Trympostor:
Last year I bought 1 bulb of Trympostor and now after one season there are 20 bulbs! 
I just potted it in a mesh pot and in the garden.I didnt cut or do anything special.
The very best doer in my garden!

My goodness! That is a HUGE increase! You would be pleased if they all did that, eh?!

[emma T]

What fungicide are people using for twin scaling these days ?

[Alan_b]

Everyone I know who does twin-scaling is either a horticultural professional with access to 'dangerous' fungicides or knows a horticultural professional and has got hold of such fungicides by this means.  AFAIK there is nothing of any great use available to amateurs via Garden Centres.

My amateur fungicides are:

• 'Nature's Answer' Natural Pest and Disease Control - a spray containing sulphur in fatty acids
• 'Garlic Wonder' - a garlic concentrate

I have no idea how effective (if at all) either of these are.



 

[emma T]

Well being a professional i can get hold of the dangerous fungicides , just thought id ask . Maybe i will do a comparison between garden centre bought and the nasty stuff !

[Alan_b]

I would be very pleased if you did that comparison, Emma.

I did not mention the Systhane fungicide(s) you can buy at garden centres because

• I have not tried it myself
• There seems to be various types of Systhane, to muddy the waters

 

[JanB]

I'm definitely not in the professional camp so only have access to the garden centre strength fungicides. I've had brilliant success so far with 'FungusClear Ultra' 'for flowering plants'.

Fungus Clear Ultra for Flowering Plants 225 ml Systemic Fungicide Liquid Concentrate

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fungus-Flowering-Systemic-Fungicide-Concentrate/dp/B0017RMKGM#productDescription

[Alan_b]

Just to be clear, Jan, do you mean brilliant success when twin-scaling or brilliant success as a general purpose fungicide?  Or success in treating botrytis and/or stagonsospora in mature snowdrops, for that matter. 

[JanB]

Sorry, Alan, brilliant success when used for twin scaling. Not had any problems with fungus/ rotting or anything else.

I do tend to leave the scales in the solution for some time whilst I chop the next few bulbs, so might be doing them in batches of 10 or so, then start to drain them in the order that I chopped, and bag them in the vermiculite at the same time. As I'm only doing it for myself, not in great numbers, I collect the bulbs and put into shot glasses ( the kids drinking habits have to be of some benefit  ) with a label. Then I clean the bulb and shot glass put in the antifungal and go on to chopping. Hope this clarifies it

[mark smyth]

I'm planning to twinscale this year. My list contains 68 

[Brian Ellis]

Will you have room enough to grow them all on Mark?

[mark smyth]

Of course ... not. Do you mean to grow on?

Its mainly plants I have low numbers of. I have two small areas in the back garden that can be converted to sand plunges. One is 12 feet x 2 feet / 3.5 x .6m. The other area could be a new semi shade bed for what ever or put to some other use

The plan isn't to twinscale but to chop the bulbs in to 8 or 16

[Brian Ellis]

Well I just thought if you were producing something like 600 bulbs... but I see you have good plans to grow them on 

[mark smyth]

never thought of having so many chips