Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas I posted the other day about plant matter needing CO2 and insects needing Oxygen to live and the gentleman posted that plant roots also need Oxygen to grow which they do. In Texas the summer…
Month: June 2008
sun-drying bulbs…beware!
Like Bob I have had disastrous results with sun drying bulbs. I decided to do this last year after reading how great is was on daffnet. Until now I haven’t broadcast this experience to everyone but I probably lost…
Phytosanitary inpections of daffodil bulbs
There is a misconception about these inspections being some sort of a total 100% guarantee that the bulbs or plants you are purchasing are completely pest and disease free! We ship bulbs all over the country and so far ONLY…
Various
Hello everyone, Some brief responses to recent daffnet discussion. Nematode: I understood that nematodes were species specific. Before I export bulbs to the USA my soil has to be declared free of potato cyst nematode. In soil testing some clover…
HWT
Dear Friends, An interested discussion on HWT. Daffodils and ealworm belongs together all over the world. But how to CONTROL this problem? The ealworm is active as long the bulbs are in the soil,they go in rest after digging and drying.…
controlling basal rot article
Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas We tend to concentrate on the two weeks that a particular variety of daffodil is in bloom. The size and quality of that bloom depends entirely on the other 50 weeks out of the year…