URGENT HELP FOR BULB SOWING..

[khalidaminryk]

thanx mr izhar .. for helping me out previously ..

you replied me late and waited a lot for your post reply for sowing of bulbs .. but after sowing i read your post .. i pull out iris and buried it according to your instructions.. soil i prepared for these bulb was having SAND+SOIL+COW MANURE + few granules of DAP.. now i saw today morning that the bulb of GLADS were lifted up from the soil one inch approximately due to pressure of newly roots developed under them ... although i pushed them in again and soiled more .. plz help what is this ???

soil is very soft...

[Syed Adnan]

it is normal when a bulb is sprouting the soil above it starts to show cracks, moreover, as a general rule sow the bulb twice the depth of its size means if a bulb is one inch size then sow it at a depth of 2 inch, however few like Hycinths, Nerines, daffodils are exceptions.

[Izhar]

Do not disturb the bulb once the roots have started growing, the roots of gladz grow in two phases, at first the roots grow from the base of the planted corm but as soon as the new growth appears it start forming the new corm which is on the top of old one, the new corm grows roots which pull the plant deeper naturally, so let them grow naturally from now on..

[khalidaminryk]

Thanx Mr. Izhar

all the bulbs start sprouting.. corm with in corm also developing..
IRIS did not showed any progress .. even its finger type root which u instructed me to not cover with sand i just lay down over soil very slightly in the ground .. but from one side of iris it started being yellow..

[Izhar]

You are using sand or soil?

[Syed Adnan]

Becareful with watering.

[khalidaminryk]

i m using bhal + haro sand

[khalidaminryk]

yes dear adnan i m very careful in watering i shower it just for keeping it moist. and not 2 times a day just one time and sometimes skipping one day due to little bit cold over here .. its kept under shadow not exposed to sun all day..
any help ???

[Syed Adnan]

Dear,

My experience with tubers, rizomes, bulbs is that i never watered them unless they are completely dry, i usually check from the bottom pot hole to see any moisture there or use a stick to dip in soil and check any moisture existing, i believe if you are in RYK it is a little early to sow bulbs, i have spent 2 years in Gotmmachi/ DAharki and i usually sow the spring seeds and bulbs in mid november. Keep in mind bulbusous plants shall come out when the temperatures suit them, it doesn't matter how much you water will only results in rotting. They should not be treated like seeds which needs a continuous wet soil.

[khalidaminryk]

yes Mr Adnan i agree with u regarding watering .. most of the time soil dry out when i shower..