Looking to grow papwerwhites in pots in the greenhouse. Any advice?

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On 04 Nov 2002 10:11:37 GMT, onasmuc
(PRIORPARK17) wrote:

Looking to grow papwerwhites in pots in the greenhouse. Any advice?

Keep them cool, but in strong light -- full sunlight if possible.
This will help keep them from getting drawn and floppy. Give them
one really good soaking after potting up the bulbs, wait for
foliage to emerge, then cautiously increase the amount of water
you give them. It might be worthwhile putting just a few grains
of Phostrogen into the water as an experiment to see if it
results in better or longer-lasting flowers.

Paperwhites are so strongly scented that you might want to pot
the bulbs singly, one every few days, so you have a succession of
them in flower to bring into the house if you want.

The bulbs are almost impossible to bring to flower a second year.
Save yourself a lot of aggravation and just throw them into the
compost after the last flowers have faded.


--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

In article , PRIORPARK17
writes
Looking to grow papwerwhites in pots in the greenhouse. Any advice?
Not expert and I don't do them but Jan has good results every year -
planted in groups of two or three in coarse gravel only - no
soil/compost - watered up to the base of the bulb. They go in full light
in the conservatory and are normally beginning to flower in one and a
half to two weeks - last for about another two and a half in flower - no
fertiliser but water level kept topped up to the bottom of the bulb. She
normally plants another pot just as the first begin to show signs of
fading and that way we have a continuous flowering from December
onwards.

Regards, Colin
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Colin Brook - Winchester (UK)

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In article , Rodger Whitlock
writes
Paperwhites are so strongly scented that you might want to pot
the bulbs singly, one every few days, so you have a succession of
them in flower to bring into the house if you want.



I bought them last year as everyone seemed to rave about the scent.
We couldn't stand the smell it was horrible!! I gave the pot away to a
gardening friend eventually as they came into bloom.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk