Galanthus January 2012

[steve owen]

Hagen, it's "Trymmer" (need to be careful with spellings with "Wandleburt" around) and Mark, its "Schwefelglanz".  I posted a side by side pic comparison of Trymmer with Trymming and other suspects last  year. Hagen, you could save your staggy bulb if its a precious one - but you'll need to be ruthless.

Here are some pics of drops in flower today that appear on SR less often;
Ermine Joyce 8.1.12
Franz Josef 8.2.12
North Star 8.2.12
Louise Ann Bromley 8.2.12

(edit by maggi to add photo names to text )

[Hagen Engelmann]

What shall I do, Steve? To put out the healthy heart, yes???

[kentish_lass]

Lovely photos Steve.  When I could not get my hands on Alan's Treat from Avon I plumped for Louise Ann Bromley as a 'special' gift to myself.  Looking at your photo - I am glad I did    Franz Josef is very beautiful.

I had a little poke around today and am over the moon to announce that HUGH MACKENSIE IS ALIVE and well and living in West Kingsdown, Kent !!!  Looks like I cannot give up snowdrops just yet.

I think I can be safe in saying that Angelique is no more.  There are quite a number of 'no shows' but it is still very early so am not giving up on them yet.

When I went to the Wisley Snowdrop Splendour last year I bought a few expensive ones and when I was at the check out the man reminded me that as long as I keep my receipt and the pot with the barcode on - I can get a refund if the plants die!  I was quite surprised that this applied to bulbs.  Well so far I have lost the Three Ships that I bought and it is looking like there will a few more.  Trouble is, I cannot remember where I put the pots and receipt although I remember stashing them safely!??  Not sure how you can prove that a bulb has died though - I guess they take your word for it.

Nothing worth photographing just yet - very early days in my garden.

Jennie

[mark smyth]

Jennie my Angeliques are still underground

[johnw]

Urgh! You have botrytis. Sorry, Hagen.

Hagen - Might it be wise to try a drench of what's sold in Canada as Rovral?  Greenhouse growers here use it for botrytis and it is quite effective.

http://www.bayeres.ca/resources/bayeres/Technical_Bulletins/Bayer_EN_RovralWP.pdf

johnw - +4c after another extremely foggy day.

[kentish_lass]

Jennie my Angeliques are still underground

Thanks for telling me Mark.....maybe there is hope yet 

[Hagen Engelmann]

Steve, I found your pic with the family of TRYM, thank you.

JohnW, yes I have to act.Quickly.  PEG SHARPLES is not the real problem. But the other bulb!!!

[steve owen]

What shall I do, Steve? To put out the healthy heart, yes???

Hagen
Without being over-detailed, I would
a) remove all discolouration with a sharp knife, if necessary discarding whole scales. Be vigilant about the neck of the bulb.
b) put the remaining (smaller!) bulb in a container and cover it with a strong mixture of disinfectant and fungicide (I don't think the exact choice of chemicals is crucial, we just need to show the micro-organisms who is boss)
c) after two days, take it out and let it dry
d) plant it in a clay pot in a mixture of 50% John Innes No.2 and 50% sharp sand. If you were based in the UK and could get to RHS Wisley I would be suggesting their wonderful Cornish grit instead.
e) moisten the whole thing and put the pot in a hospital section away from other bulbs. Keep it moist through the summer.
f) hope!
Steve

[Hagen Engelmann]

So I will do it, Steve. Thank you.

[Brian Ellis]

Steve, mine was bought as Trimmer, Ranveig seems to have switched from one to t'other and back again!  Louise Ann Bromley looks lovely, to show what a difference there is between our gardens, mine is about a centimetre out of the ground!

[johnw]

Sorry Hagen, I meant as a preventative on your other snowdrops.   

Is this botrytis exacerbated by your northern latitude and the early showing of shoots in dampish weather?

We do see botrytis on cyclamen in the greenhouse during late damp autumns.   I am just off to treat a big persicum and to record my no-shows in the Galanthus department.

johnw

[Hagen Engelmann]

JohnW these clump was the only and the first infected this year. No other and more traces of Botrytis now. We will see later again.

The rest of the other bulb is in a mixture now, no witch could mix it better. Here is the flower I fight for: right plant.


DICKERCHEN+GRÜNER SPLITTER+SCHORBUSER IRRLICHT

(edit by maggi to add flower names to text)

[steve owen]

Brian
I don't suppose the world will come to an end on "y" versus "i", but I think the idea was to link all the Trym derivatives back to the original cultivar by maintaining the first four letters, as in "Trympostor".

[Paddy Tobin]

Steve,

Thanks you for the interesting snowdrops but, for me, 'Louise Anne Bromley' is a lovely one.

Hagen, hope you manage to clean up your snowdrops; that pale yellow one is very nice indeed.

Paddy

[Webster008]

Jennie my Angeliques are still underground

Thanks for telling me Mark.....maybe there is hope yet 

Hello Jennie

Keep faith. I know how you feel. I thought I had lost my Wendy's gold, today I noticed it poking through the ground.