Re: Caladium bulbs shrinking ?

From: Al Wootten awootten at NRAO.EDU> on 2000.07.14 at 22:52:03(5110) I obtained my caladiums through Dick Mansell a few years ago. I grow them in largish pots buried in the ground, to try to keep the temperature stable. I bring the pots in in the fall when the leaves begin to droop and let them die back in the back of my orchid closet. So far, I don't see any shrinking in them. I never take them out of their pots, so I don't know the size of the bulbs. A second group, also from Dick, got the same treatment except that their pots were never buried in the ground and I ran out of potting soil while potting them, so they have a lot of Virginia red dirt in the pots rather than potting soil enriched with manure. They are doing much less well, though they are more recent. I decided that I needed to improve my culture, so I have buried the pots with a manure top dressing this year. We'll see. Al +More +---------------------------------------------------------+ |Al Wootten, Slacktide, Sturgeon Creek at the Rappahannock| |Astronomer (http://www.cv.nrao.edu/~awootten/) | |genealogy homepage http://members.tripod.com/~astral | |Deltaville, Virginia (804)776-6369 | +---------------------------------------------------------+

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