Tuberose

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  1. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I think unless you do something really stupid, such as grow it in pure sand or old rubble, the flowering of each tuber is more or less already determined. Hope you picked some good fat ones.
     
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    We will see !!!!

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    Still try to get my way round this site, lol.... yes Taylors are excellent, been dealing with them for some years, commercially, now I deal with J.Parker in Manchester, just a bit nearer and still get 3 catalogues lol....
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    How they doing Nathan, the actual plants look rubbish but the first flowers are very scented especially at night.
     
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    Pete,

    Very dissapointed, I have tried bulbs from a couple of sources, I only have leaves on mine .........No flowers :( .

    Nathan.
     
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    Maybe the flowers will come yet, I still have one plant that as yet shows no sign of flowering.
     
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    I got one of those bulbs in early spring....then got waterlogged by accident...when I dicovered it... I put it in greenhoyuse to dry and has recovered at last and making lots of leaves now, no flower yet lol will check again in a day or 2..

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