Kwekerij De Schullhorn 2011

[Wim de Goede]

Onion I try to keep that part of the greenhouse on 6-9 C , in the night it is not so difficult but on the day when it is suny then it is a hard job.

Lesley they are wonderful boy's

Maggie they are no twins there is 2 years in between

[Maggi Young]

Lesley they are wonderful boy's

Maggie they are no twins there is 2 years in between

 Fancy that they look so alike....... we would say they look like "two peas in a pod"   

[Wim de Goede]

Onion, I forgot to tell way we do this, it is to get more length on the stem and to get a better coller on the flower
Wim

[Onion]

Wim,

very important information. Thank you.
Uli

[Wim de Goede]

Here some more;

1  Galanthus No G-01-08
2  Fritillaria crassifolia "Wisley form"
3   ,,    ,,   minuta
4   ,,    ,,   bucharica"white form"
 5  ,,    ,,   biflora
6  Ipheion  Alberto Castillo
7   ,,   ,,   Jessie
8  Narcis   Idol
9   ,,  ,,    cordubensis
10 Scilla   Indra

[Wim de Goede]

I toke the wrong picture for Narcis Idol, so this is Idol

 Narcissus 'Idol'
 (edit by maggi to add plant name)

[Gerry Webster]

I toke the wrong picture for Narcis Idol, so this is Idol

Wim - you beat me to it, your first pic looked like N. cordubensis.. I'm surprised you have 'Idol' since  at least 3 forumists (including me) have reported that bulbs of 'Idol' only last one year.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I had the same experience Gerry.... 

[Gerry Webster]

I had the same experience Gerry.... 

Yes Luc, I remember your post. I think the other person who had this experience with 'Idol' was annew.

[Wim de Goede]

We got a Gold Medal to day on the KAVB flower show with this collection

[Maggi Young]

We got a Gold Medal to day on the KAVB flower show with this collection

Congratulations! This was a good Monday, to start the working  week 

[Wim de Goede]

Thank you Maggie, yes it was a good start, you should so every week
Wim

[Wim de Goede]

Gerry, sorry to hear that you had troubles with Idol, it is in mine garden now for 4 years with out problems till now.
We are the stock holder in the Netherlands and grow it sins 2000, you know, Idol is a selection from N.calcicola  made by Michal Kammerlander and he gave it to me in 2000.
I have to say, that it is Fusarium feeling so it is not the easiest one to grow, we give it every year a warm water treatment but befor we controle the bulbs on Fusarium, othrwise you infect the hole stok.
So what can happen to your bulbs, maybe you feed it to much because that can give Fusarium, we know that some varieties can not manage to much feed in the end of the growing seison and special by heigh temp. (But Gerry, this is only a sugestion I do not know exactly what happen with your bulbs).
I should say tray again

Wim

[Gerry Webster]

Gerry, sorry to hear that you had troubles with Idol, it is in mine garden now for 4 years with out problems till now.
We are the stock holder in the Netherlands and grow it sins 2000, you know, Idol is a selection from N.calcicola  made by Michal Kammerlander and he gave it to me in 2000.
I have to say, that it is Fusarium feeling so it is not the easiest one to grow, we give it every year a warm water treatment but befor we controle the bulbs on Fusarium, othrwise you infect the hole stok.
So what can happen to your bulbs, maybe you feed it to much because that can give Fusarium, we know that some varieties can not manage to much feed in the end of the growing seison and special by heigh temp. (But Gerry, this is only a sugestion I do not know exactly what happen with your bulbs).
I should say tray again
Wim

Thanks for the comment Wim. I have grown N. calcicola, raised from seed, with no problems at all for several years. I am not the only forumist to have found that 'Idol' does not persist & I think we are all competent growers  - in fact, if I remember correctly, one of us has tried twice**. Since I do not wish to waste any more money I will not be trying again & I would advise any forumists reading this  to think twice before buying  this  cultivar despite the relatively low cost.

Edit
** See:

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4626.msg80519#msg80519

especially reply 155.
 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I had mine in the garden on a raised bed... for one year... actually, it didn't even flower for me it's first year and the following year it was gone...