Flowers drying and dying before maturation and bloom
katyajini
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Crocosmia - how mature need to be before bloom?
Comments (5)Sometimes light levels can be a problem. They do well under trees but only the ones at the edges , where there's more light, actually flower. The other problem that comes to mind is - they're too well-fed. For example - in many places here it's a weed. Along river banks, in silt, and with leaf litter from willows, they grow like grass with few flowers. Vegetative reproduction works too well. However, floods shift some bulbs out onto the shingle. They don't proliferate to the same degree - and they do flower, with strong colour. Well-drained. Full sun. Low nutrients. Reliable water at the roots. Perfect drainage. spazzycat 1: did you have your tongue firmly in your cheek when you mentioned 'thinning'? Be prepared to dig down many inches to remove the multiple old corms that form like a string of beads. And the long, pointy runners that gleefully go through other bulbs on the way to Crocosmia bliss. Totally agree with you, however. They need thinning before they sneak through the garden....See MoreMelon blooms drying up before opening
Comments (1)You might find more help over in the vegetables forum, where growing watermelons is also on topic....See MoreRoses dying before bloom?
Comments (2)Or, more specifically, balling caused by botrytis rot. Very common in this area, likes our typical cool damp spring weather. Some people use copper fungicides on it but nothing's labeled for it. Most people just cut off the balled blooms and put them in the trash and wait for more buds to form....See MoreBasil flower stems wilt before the seeds mature
Comments (6)Thanks for all the replies. I decided to uproot the plant in any case since I needed the space, but did first pull off individual branches to look at. Lo and behold, I did find some mature seed pods! I managed to gather 20 odd seeds, which is more than enough for my modest needs. I guess some unfavourable condition must have caused the low success rate. Could it have been because the first flowers set in the middle of winter? Winter here is fairly mild (never below freezing), but it can be overcast and rainy for weeks at a time. Something that did interest me is that several of the mature seed pods had less than four seeds. Is this normal, and should the seeds that I did harvest from those pods still be viable? Thanks Neilen...See Morekatyajini
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