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Clo x Ctsm question
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Posted by granniek SC Texas (My Page) on Fri, Feb 5, 10 at 13:18
| This plant still has four green leaves. I've been watering it slightly during the past six weeks. Now there are two spikes (I think...isn't it too early for new growths?) started and I don't want to do anything wrong. I'm really anxious to see this plant bloom. Do I keep on with the occasional watering? stop altogether? remove the leaves? If I keep watering, do I need to also feed? I use rainwater, so no nutrients that I'd have with well water.
I have another plant, a Ctsm Donna Wise cross that is also starting a spike. This plant doesn't have any leaves & I've left it bone dry. These plants will be the first of this alliance that I've brought to bloom. Any help will be appreciated.
Sheila :) |
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RE: Clo x Ctsm question
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| Can't really tell what is doing with your plant, Sheila. I have had two Clowesetums for a number of years. One puts out new growth in April, one in June, both spike in late Aug, early Sept, and bloom during the fall. But years ago I had a Clowesetum White Magic which started its new growth in October and bloomed in May. So, it really depends on the plant's parentage and its specific cultural conditions. You have to play it by ear. As long as my Catasetinae plants have leaves, I continue to water it although lightly if the leaves are not actually growing anymore, and then dry when they drop. I stop feedling when the newest leaf stops growing. My Ctsm Donna Wise starts new growth each year in January and blooms in the summer, but that may be because of my cooler greenhouse conditions. |
RE: Clo x Ctsm question
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| Thx CJ. Sounds like my Donna Wise X is a new growth. It's also been very cool here this year. Is there a way to tell growth from spikes when they first emerge? I bought the Clowesetum from Fred Clarke when he spoke to our OS. He did tell me it was a spring bloomer; so I'm hoping that these are indeed spikes...but on the other hand, they do look identical to the emerging spike/growth on the DWx. |
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