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Anemones and Ranunculus Round 2
2nd March 2023
Checking up on our Late Winter started Anemone and Ranunculus corms.
Its much too cold to start corms off in an unheated greenhouse so we have started them in a cool place indoors.
Due to the lack of space we made a change for late Winter and started off our corms all together in the same tray (but separated by colour/variety).
I tested the soil temperature and found it was around 14.8C. All the corms have sprouted and are ready now to be transplanted into their own trays.
Its important that you don’t leave this step too long, they will need moving on in 10-14 days after soaking and planting in the tray.
If you have any problems with your corms not waking up, check to see if the compost has dried out, it needs to be moist but not wet!
11th February
ROUND 2 LATE WINTER STARTED ANEMONES AND RANUNCULUS
Pre sprout them indoors it’s much to cold out in the Greenhouse and Corms may rot!
The story so far
Ranunculus ‘potting up for the container garden’ and ‘watering schedule’
Ranunculus are very thirsty plants, if you let them dry out the foliage will collapse.
We have been so trained to not over water during the winter it you can forget that a combination of the longer days (higher light levels) the warmth when the sun does come out, wind and ventilation and the fact that these plants are no longer seedlings but mature flower plants can catch you out.
Bud failure
Ranunculus have hollow stems, if they are left dehydrated for too long flowering stems can bend and eventually collapse usually near the to of the stem (this is the weight of the flower bud).
There is no coming back from this, stems will need to be removed at the base to allow another stem to grow and replace it.
Usually if caught in time the plant will recover, however the best results are always achieved when the plants are not exposed to stress.
Anemones need water also but not quite as much so always check before watering rather than treating all plants the same.
It’s much easier to show you, so I hope you enjoy this video
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