h.mandonii bulb splitting / what to do?
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Comments (9)I agree with cjwatson, and you shouldn't worry about it. Just a added note, the only research I have ever found that maybe related to this is about trees when they split their bark sideways like on orchid pseudobulbs. Apparently in trees this is an indication of a copper deficiency. Copper supposedly lends to the elasticity of bark and I imagine other plant skins. Having said this I would not try giving copper to any plants suffering from splitting skins because they are suddenly taking up water. Copper is a needed macronutrient but to much of it is toxic to plants and that would be easy to do if trying supplement copper. Overtime using a good fertilizer with all micro and macro nutrients the problem should go away or be greatly minimized. Often commercial growers of mass market hybrid orchids use fertilizers without all nutrients because it is cheaper and they only have to grow it to market and not long term....See MoreBulb Splitting
Comments (14)I don't have any bulbs splitting like this. I was just looking at bulbs and some with big bulges that indicate a big offset is in the works. If you think about it, some offsets grow off the basal plate, but many times they originate from within/between the layers. Closer to the outside layer would cause a few layers to split as the offset gets bigger, leaving the mother bulb fairly unscathed, but an offset closer to the center layer could give the appearance that the bulb has just split when you really have an offset and inner/ smaller core of the mother bulb. Voila....2 bulbs! K...See MoreWhat to do next with chipped bulbs?
Comments (6)By now you should be able to pot up the cut up bulbs. Any damage from the slicing should have healed over. When I did this, I put just the bottom 1/4 or so of the bulb in soil and watered sparingly but enough to promote root growth (i.e., I only watered when the top of the soil started to dry out). Some of the bulb chips produced more than one new bulb (i.e., a leaf emerged from more than just the center); some withered and died. I only did this with smallish (1" diameter) bulbs for fear of losing a bloomer, but I got about 6 or 7 separate plants from each out of the process. They're small now, but growing fast. I think next time I may only go for 4 sections if I divvy up a small bulb....See MoreCan I reduce tulip bulb splitting? If so, should I?
Comments (8)Thanks for your reply Campanula. I do let the foliage die right down, and I do deadhead spent blooms (or if I'm cutting to put in a vase I take either no foliage with it or just the last smallest leaf). If you've found splitting worse in pots, I wonder if growing in raised beds has a similar effect? I might dig up a couple of the in-ground ones at the end of the season to see if they split less. Are Triumph tulips more prone to splitting? I tend to stick with Ile de France, because I love red tulips and these particular ones have an almost glowing quality to the red and stand out even on gloomy rainy spring days. I've had other reds before that were more matt and lovely in the sun but harder to see across the garden from inside the house on those horrible days. Which is exactly when you need to see a splash of colour outside! Also is planting depth a factor? We are told to plant only 4-6 inches deep here, which seems shallow now that I'm reading more about it... Maybe that's recommended here to avoid rotting because it is quite wet here? Apologies for another essay!...See Morekaboehm (zone 9a, TX USA)
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