I received a catalog from Colorblends today. They are a relatively new group that sells Dutch bulbs of all kinds. I remember meeting their staff at a Garden Writers meeting a number of years ago when they were first forming…
Category: Fungus
Brain Fart: Modified Atmospheres (no pun intended)
modified atmospheres.doc Some comments on how I understand this: At 05:42 AM 6/25/2008, you wrote: 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…
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.…
an alternate to HWT?
Hot water treatment as far as I have read will NOT kill the various virus’s that daffodil bulbs can be infested with. Hot water treatment for bulbs is normally used to kill mites, nematodes, bulb flies ETC. There is an…