Post by blueadzuki on Jul 14, 2012 9:18:38 GMT -5
Hi all
Okay here is my problem. Your remember the 3 gigantic shallots I mentioned in an earlier thread? Well when I went to check on them a few days ago, I found that they had all become infested with mold and rot. 2 of them were past salvage (the rot had reached the sprout in the middle and eaten through it). I managed to check the rot in the third by removing the outer 3-4 layers of the bulb (which were almost black with spores) digging out the bit of the base that had gone rotten and wiping the dug out area down with rubbing alcohol (to steralize it until it can suberize and seal. This seems to have worked.
This is my question. It is now the end of June. The earliest I can put the bulb in the ground is probably October (the pots where I overwinter my alliums are are currently occupied with other plants (harvest is done for the year, I didn't think I'd need them again till the fall. Plus, I have found that, when I plant overwitering alliums in mid summer, they tend to get confused and start trying to mature this year. so that, when winter does come they are in the worst possible state to survive it (i.e at that point where they have used up all of the stored food in the bulb but havents started storing food of thier own). and so do not usually make it. So my question is, will the remaining one be OK till then, now that it has no protective outer skin? If I leave it in the sun, will the outer layer simply toughen up? should I stick it in a paper bag for protection (I know enough not to put it in a plastic bag, or anything else that won't let it breathe)
Okay here is my problem. Your remember the 3 gigantic shallots I mentioned in an earlier thread? Well when I went to check on them a few days ago, I found that they had all become infested with mold and rot. 2 of them were past salvage (the rot had reached the sprout in the middle and eaten through it). I managed to check the rot in the third by removing the outer 3-4 layers of the bulb (which were almost black with spores) digging out the bit of the base that had gone rotten and wiping the dug out area down with rubbing alcohol (to steralize it until it can suberize and seal. This seems to have worked.
This is my question. It is now the end of June. The earliest I can put the bulb in the ground is probably October (the pots where I overwinter my alliums are are currently occupied with other plants (harvest is done for the year, I didn't think I'd need them again till the fall. Plus, I have found that, when I plant overwitering alliums in mid summer, they tend to get confused and start trying to mature this year. so that, when winter does come they are in the worst possible state to survive it (i.e at that point where they have used up all of the stored food in the bulb but havents started storing food of thier own). and so do not usually make it. So my question is, will the remaining one be OK till then, now that it has no protective outer skin? If I leave it in the sun, will the outer layer simply toughen up? should I stick it in a paper bag for protection (I know enough not to put it in a plastic bag, or anything else that won't let it breathe)
