Hi Daffnet, With Warm Wishes for a very Happy Thanksgiving, from a very cold Southern California. Marilynn Howe
Month: November 2010
daffodil bulbs for breast cancer
Friends, Last September I put out the call for mystery daffodil bulbs that I needed to thank folks who sponsored me in a race that raised money for the University of Virginia Hospital’s Breast Care Unit. And you responded! My…
Autumn Flowers
Soft Bulbs
Thanks Jason You’ve answered all my questions in one letter. Like Mellissa, I pop the grub out using a wooden skewer (the type used for making kebabs – but I don’t attempt to harvest/eat them Over here the foliage is drying off nicely…
Large fly destruction
Many bulbs can be salvaged by removing the worm and replanting. (I add a dose of Clearys 3336 slurry.) You’ll often get a number of bulblets formed from the basal plate. David Karnstedt had the idea that the detritus (worm…
After drying daffs, they never got ‘hard’
I’m packing up some misc daffs, dug from here and there for some cyber friends and have noticed that a lot of them (well most) are not quite as firm orhard as others I have dug and dried. These likely were…