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richard.spicer.7906

St Albans based, career changer and studying Horticulture. Bulb addict, South African plant fan and converted succulent lover

Plant Name Fritillaria persica 'Adiyaman'

 

Persian Fritillary

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Fritillaria persica 'Adiyaman'

  • Season Icon Late WinterLate Winter 2019
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richard.spicer.7906

20/02/19 - Project Update - this photo is a few weeks old now, but relevant now as Fritillaria will soon be starting to break through the soil. I’ve had a clump of Fritillaria persica for about 3/4 years now and last year it didn’t flower as the 3 bulbs I originally purchased finally split. This means they need to grow on a little bit before they reach flowering size again, and as they are large bulbs I took the opportunity to lift and space them out a bit to optimise this year’s growth. #friti

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richard.spicer.7906

I was quite surprised that each had actually split into three/four new bulbs, so now I have ten 😁. These were replanted in my new bulb nursery raised bed outside the polytunnel so hoping they grow well this year, maybe a flower or two 🀞🏼. This project is separate to my other project on the same plant where I’m trying to propagate by using scales in baggies (see previous pic - I bought separate bulbs for that experiment) #fritillaria #fritillaria-persica #fritillariapersica #persianfritillary

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richard.spicer.7906

I’m also curious if I’ll see any stem fasciation this year - this is a disorder which can be caused by various factors although it will always be a non-living (abiotic) factor such as environmental conditions, genetics, or physical damage in the apical meristems, which are the areas of the stem containing cells which are dividing actively. Any light weeding around new growth tips can damage those areas causing abnormal fasciated growth, where some plants are more prone to it than others πŸ‘πŸΌ

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brightcolours

#persianfritillary-tips #fritillaria-persica-tips #fritillariapersica-tips

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ublaszko

Don't you just love it when your bulbs split and multiply πŸ˜€ I've counted my iris reticulata Harmony today because they aren't producing flowerbuds, and I'm up from 8 bulbs to 15. πŸ˜†πŸ‘ That's 7 new bulbs since I planted them 3/4 years ago (although I suspect there were more than 7 because one year I moved Harmony and I lost some bulbs along the way).

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terrimclaughlin

Thxs for sharing all this great information πŸ˜ŠπŸ’•

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suerichards

I agree with @terrimclaughlin @richard.spicer.7906 Richard, why is it quite a few of my bulbs last year ( even newly planted bulbs) come up all green but no flowers. I leave the foliage on till they die back, and new bulbs I plant them deep enough with slug pellets in the whole, and I feed. So help please πŸ™πŸ».

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ublaszko

It might be the feed Sue ☺ New bulbs don't really need feeding as they already have everything they need to flower and feeding them might promote leaf growth at the expense of flowers. Some of the bulbs I planted last year which I fed at the same time ended up leggy with nice big leaves but had tiny flowers. So now I opt for feeding bulbs after flowering but Rich has another regimen with tomato feed. @suerichards

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suerichards

Thank you @ublaszko πŸ‘

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richard.spicer.7906

I think it greatly depends on which bulbs you have Sue - sometimes it’s just in wrong place, so no matter how long you wait it just won’t flower. Other times it’s because they are crowded and too close together (daffs typically get narcissus blindness after some time and benefit from being divided). Sometimes it might be because they’ve been planted too deeply. Which bulbs is it that you’ve had problems with Sue? @suerichards

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suerichards

@richard.spicer.7906 thanks Richard. it’s mostly the tulips. Could it be that I top dress the soil with compost each year and every second or third year I put bark down, so they are too deep.

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Think it depends Urszula on bulb again - most bulbs produce their flowering bud the previous season so even for a new bulb I would still consider whether it is beneficial to feed. Some I don’t think have any need for it as they are prolific and don’t need additional feed, whereas for others like hippeastrum, velthemia, and most spring bulbs grown in pots I would feed as nutrients easily leached from pots. Also depends on growing medium used, i very rarely use only compost on its own @ublaszko

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