Winter growers and their requirements

[Darren S]

I treat my Conophytums as Autumn and spring growers, keeping them dry in december, January and early february.
My Tylecodens are treated similar except if we get a few days of bright weather, they then get a splash of water.

The Conophytums might not mind this. But if you grow African bulbs that are winter active (such as Massonia and Lachenalia), you will notice after a few weeks of being dry in December, January and February that the leaves are becoming very droopy. They like to get continuous watering through winter.

Agree. Also - Irids like Moraea might not wilt like Massonia and Lachenalia but they will abort their flowers if allowed to go dry. My conophytum will probably get a mid-winter watering if in small pots, the bigger ones being less likely to dry out.

[JonNo]

Thanks all for the input, much appreciated.

I Googled the book mentioned by Ralph, and as best I recall it is the only time I have ever done such a search and received no results whatsoever! So I think you were lucky to get a copy ianstrutt, well done! I doubt a letter to Santa is going to help me with this one...

Thanks again.

[ianstrutt]

Thanks all for the input, much appreciated.

I Googled the book mentioned by Ralph, and as best I recall it is the only time I have ever done such a search and received no results whatsoever! So I think you were lucky to get a copy ianstrutt, well done! I doubt a letter to Santa is going to help me with this one...

Thanks again.

Assuming it arrives, I'll try and get it scanned. It's only a short booklet I think.

[TomInTucson]

I treat my Conophytums as Autumn and spring growers, keeping them dry in december, January and early february.
My Tylecodens are treated similar except if we get a few days of bright weather, they then get a splash of water.

The Conophytums might not mind this. But if you grow African bulbs that are winter active (such as Massonia and Lachenalia), you will notice after a few weeks of being dry in December, January and February that the leaves are becoming very droopy. They like to get continuous watering through winter.

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[TomInTucson]

Thanks all for the input, much appreciated.

I Googled the book mentioned by Ralph, and as best I recall it is the only time I have ever done such a search and received no results whatsoever! So I think you were lucky to get a copy ianstrutt, well done! I doubt a letter to Santa is going to help me with this one...

Thanks again.

Assuming it arrives, I'll try and get it scanned. It's only a short booklet I think.

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[JonNo]

Thanks all for the input, much appreciated.

I Googled the book mentioned by Ralph, and as best I recall it is the only time I have ever done such a search and received no results whatsoever! So I think you were lucky to get a copy ianstrutt, well done! I doubt a letter to Santa is going to help me with this one...

Thanks again.

Assuming it arrives, I'll try and get it scanned. It's only a short booklet I think.

A bit more research suggests it is eleven pages long. If when convenient we could come to some sort of arrangement, that would be very much appreciated...

[ianstrutt]

Thanks all for the input, much appreciated.

I Googled the book mentioned by Ralph, and as best I recall it is the only time I have ever done such a search and received no results whatsoever! So I think you were lucky to get a copy ianstrutt, well done! I doubt a letter to Santa is going to help me with this one...

Thanks again.

Assuming it arrives, I'll try and get it scanned. It's only a short booklet I think.

The booklet arrived last night - what's the consensus around sharing scans of things like this that are hard to come by? More than happy to do it, but I don't want to break any rules.

[MatDz]

The booklet arrived last night - what's the consensus around sharing scans of things like this that are hard to come by? More than happy to do it, but I don't want to break any rules.

I would be more afraid of breaking the copyright laws, but am happy to help assess the severity of the offense if sent the scans

[JonNo]

Thanks all for the input, much appreciated.

I Googled the book mentioned by Ralph, and as best I recall it is the only time I have ever done such a search and received no results whatsoever! So I think you were lucky to get a copy ianstrutt, well done! I doubt a letter to Santa is going to help me with this one...

Thanks again.

Assuming it arrives, I'll try and get it scanned. It's only a short booklet I think.

The booklet arrived last night - what's the consensus around sharing scans of things like this that are hard to come by? More than happy to do it, but I don't want to break any rules.

Yes, that's a moot point... I'm sure it probably goes on "under the radar" all the time, but of course that doesn't make it technically OK. I'll await the conclusion with interest.

[NaZzAtAzEr]

Thanks all for the input, much appreciated.

I Googled the book mentioned by Ralph, and as best I recall it is the only time I have ever done such a search and received no results whatsoever! So I think you were lucky to get a copy ianstrutt, well done! I doubt a letter to Santa is going to help me with this one...

Thanks again.

Assuming it arrives, I'll try and get it scanned. It's only a short booklet I think.

The booklet arrived last night - what's the consensus around sharing scans of things like this that are hard to come by? More than happy to do it, but I don't want to break any rules.

In my opinion it is okay if the book is no longer being sold and cannot be found anywhere on the internet as a pdf form. The author/publishing company is neither making money or losing money for copies shared around. It would be great if it were uploaded for archive purposes.