Galanthus October 2012

[kentish_lass]

The Young mix has no soil in it.  Shredded leaves can be used for the mix after only a few months.


Potting mix is two parts gravel, two parts sand and one part leaf mould.(Previously we used two parts loam in stead of the sand but we ran out of loam!)
See the recipe here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/bulblog/log2007/260607/log.html

Thanks Maggie - will keep that recipe and give it a go

[mark smyth]

My local builders yard now stocks rock dust

[emma T]

Galanthus snogerupii is making an appearance already, does look like a nasty slug has eaten one of the scapes 

[kentish_lass]

Thanks Maggie - will keep that recipe and give it a go

I have only just spotted the illustrated link to Ians bulb log.  That is a very gritty mix - it looks as if I was adding nowhere near enough grit to my potted mix.  Shredding the leaves before putting on the leaf mould heap......why didn't I think of that.  No wonder it is taking centuries to rot down.  I must get some of the mix from the bottom before new leaves are put on top.

Have now finally found out how to access all Ians bulb logs and will be very busy for the entire winter having a good read    Just read how to make a cement trough - could be my next project!

Jennie

[Paddy Tobin]

Galanthus reginae olgae 'Tilebarn Jamie' in flower, pot-grown in the glasshouse

[Alan_b]

I have only just spotted the illustrated link to Ians bulb log.  That is a very gritty mix - it looks as if I was adding nowhere near enough grit to my potted mix. 

I imagine the amount of grit you need depends a good deal on the amount of rainfall you get.  Cambridgeshire, where I live, is very dry and I'm sure there is much more danger of pots getting too dry in summer than getting too wet.  Just because Ian's recipe works for him where he lives doesn't necessarily mean it will work for someone else in another location.  But you could use Ian's recipe as a good starting-point for experimentation. 

[Pauli]

My reginae olgae start to grow - looks like a miniature earthquake!

[Gerard Oud]

I thought i had no early flowering snowdrops this year. But to my surprise some reginae olgae have popped through!

[Maggi Young]

I imagine the amount of grit you need depends a good deal on the amount of rainfall you get.  Cambridgeshire, where I live, is very dry and I'm sure there is much more danger of pots getting too dry in summer than getting too wet.  Just because Ian's recipe works for him where he lives doesn't necessarily mean it will work for someone else in another location.  But you could use Ian's recipe as a good starting-point for experimentation. 

Exactly - Ian always says that "this is what works HERE, for us"  Thought about one's own local conditions etc and experimentation are always indicated.

[Paddy Tobin]

Gunter Waldorf's book, "Snowdrops", the English edition,  has arrived in the post. I think it is a very nice addition to snowdrop literature, an excellent introduction to the beginner yet with much of interest for the enthusiast. It has a good selection of the snowdrops we all hold in high regard, those worth their place in any collection and also an extensive selection of the very rare.

[Tony Willis]

three different forms of Galanthus peshmenii,it is very variable.

[Uli Lessnow]

Today we had 22 °c and some Gal. opened the flowers.
Gal. peshmennii in pots in the greenhouse and Gal. r.o.in the garden.

[Uli Lessnow]

here are the twwo other pics.

[Uli Lessnow]

Tony,
your G. peshmenii look very nice. With the two of mine we have
5 different types of flowers.

Next time I hope to be better with posting pics.

[Gerdk]

Hi Uli,
Nice to meet you here.
Interesting variability in your Galanthus peshmenii!

Gerd