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Gloriosa tubers

meanie

By Meanie


Gloriosa tubers (Gloriosa superba (Buch Nak Hindi))

I finally gave in to temptation and lifted my Gloriosa tubers today. Two tubers last year is now four. Cleaned them, potted them up and watered them in.



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i thought these were sausages!

25 Mar, 2011

 

Disappointed?
I'm not sure which is the original tuber, but they have doubled in numbers every year so far,

25 Mar, 2011

 

cant say they look very tasty!
but i did see some spectacular gloriosa plants in the GC today ~ absolutely fabulous

25 Mar, 2011

 

Rather seriously poisonous actually!
Save yourself some money and buy tubers instead Sticki! They're seriously easy.

25 Mar, 2011

 

i cant remember the price but it was beyond my budget, lovely plant ~ about 3 or 4 foot tall.
i imagine they stay indoors all year? what sort of environment do they like?

25 Mar, 2011

 

Far too early to buy growing plants - I'll do a blog as I promised somebody on questions a month or two ago.
Back shortly.

25 Mar, 2011

 

great ~ thanks.

25 Mar, 2011

 

All done!
Can be found at the link below........

http://www.growsonyou.com/meanie/blog/14090-gloriosa-growing-and-care

25 Mar, 2011

 

ok, thank you.

25 Mar, 2011

 

Meanie:

These vines grow here outdoors (the tubers can be left in the ground during their dormancy)...however, I've never been able to grow them well. They always die and the tubers rot for some unknown reason.

27 Mar, 2011

 

They grow very well in pots Delonix.
Link to my blog is in an earlier comment.

27 Mar, 2011

 

Meanie:

I will have to try this vine again. :>)

29 Mar, 2011

 

It's one of my "wouldn't be without" plants Delonix.

29 Mar, 2011

amy
Amy
 

I thought they were slugs at a quick glance !!

29 Mar, 2011

 

Ye gods Amy! I wouldn't want to be gardening where you are!

30 Mar, 2011

 

exactly meanie!! can you imagine how big the slug pellets would have to be!!??

30 Mar, 2011

amy
Amy
 

LOL.. we do live in Norfolk , have you seen our earwigs ? it's like Jurastic park :o))

31 Mar, 2011

 

Cool!!!

31 Mar, 2011

 

never noticed the earwigs amy ~ youngest son lives in suffolk ~ do you thinks theirs are the same?

31 Mar, 2011

amy
Amy
 

No Sticky our Norfolk Earwigs are the biggest but Suffolk can boast the largest worms they are like snakes ... My OH is from " Silly Suffolk " he knows about worms LOL...

31 Mar, 2011

 

eeeeeerrrrrrllllllyuk!!!! i hate them!!!!

i shall have to stamp around their lawn to scare them off before i go out

luckily it seems to be a fairly dry area so im hoping the worms stay deep underground.

31 Mar, 2011

amy
Amy
 

You don't see them very much at this time of the year Sticki they head off to Grimes Graves for the mating season !!!

31 Mar, 2011



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