SamMein
Kalamazoo, Michigan
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject: Anyone have Growing Tips for Ranunculus |
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I'm reading that a lot of people do not have any luck with these flowers, if anyone has any tips I would appreciate it!
Sam
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Droopy
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Western Norway
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Do you mind if I sit here and wait for the replies alongside you, SamMein? I've tried to grow them for years, but without a single bloom. 
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SamMein
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Fine by me, I must hove bough t some of the same plants that you like too!
I bought Ranunculus
Sparaxis
Tigridia
Ixia
And just trying to do some rasearch before I plant all of them this spring! Our planting time is mid may so I have a while but just want to have an idea of what the heck I'm doing! LOL!!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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I had the Tigridia a few years back, but they want more warmth than we usually have in summer. I've never even dared to try the Ixia. Good luck with them, I hope you're whoppingly successful.
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SamMein
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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When is your last spring frost generally?
And how warm do you tend to get in the summer?
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Droopy
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Those are very difficult questions. We can get frosts well into April, but we can also get temps around 20C/68F in late April. Our summer temps are between 18-25C/64-77F, and more often in the low range than in the high. That's the way it is here on the coast of mid-Norway.
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SamMein
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Well your spring sounds similar to ours so that is a start for me and our summers get to be high 80 in July/August.
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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I have some of those started now inside. About 2 inches tall.. I will let you know the results.
I just bought them for the heck of it..
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EJ
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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I have only ever brought them as already growing in pots to put in the garden after the frosts. They do like cooler, damp condition to thrive once growing.
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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That is what we have right now..Never did them before.
They are annuals arent they?
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Droopy
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| EJ wrote: | | I have only ever brought them as already growing in pots to put in the garden after the frosts. They do like cooler, damp condition to thrive once growing. |
Then they should be the perfect plant for us since our summers are cool and damp. I'll give them another go then, maybe I've just been unlucky.
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Never know till your try.........
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Palm Tree
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| Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:40 am Post subject: |
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Well I have not grown Ranunculus for quite some time but if i remember correctly they do need protection from severe frost even though they do best in cooler regions.
They prefer a full sun position in the garden with rich, light soil.
Make sure to water and fertilize them well while they are growing.
Oh yes - when planting them - plant them with the forked tuberous roots with the claws downwards. approximately 5 to 7 inches apart and about 1 or 2 inches deep. 
Here the Ixia and Sparaxis grows more readily.
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