New cymbs...got lots of them and ran out of pots

[rbarata]

Hello, my friends

In a 15 days time frame, I got 6 new cymbs (bulbs).
The lady who does the cleaning at my home likes cymbs a lot and has a large collection...when it's time to repot, she always gives me some bulbs...this time she gave me 6 different plants...two of them were repeated so I offered them to my mum.
Now I just have to wait 2 or 3 years to see how the flower looks like.

[rbarata]

Hello, my friends

Update to these bulbs...

3 of the pots (out of 5) are growing leaves... take a look

First one



A closer look shows there are more leaves than I have noticed...



Second one...



A closer look...



Next and last... I thought this one was not going to make it...seems really dry and dead...



Well, it's not really dead... can you see the green area... and the tiny emerging leave spike?



I've been lucky with cymbs.

[Optimist]

Anticipation. It can drive you crazy, right?

[rbarata]

It feels great to see them grow... my cymbs gow like weeds without any special care from me (except watering, of course). So, I don't pay much attention to them. This makes me notice the changes only when are clearly noticeable.
Anyway, it's good to see new plants grow so easily.

[Cym Ladye]

After many years of growing Cyms, I would like to make a comment. Although these have sprouted, I think you will have better luck in getting them established if you use a smaller pot to start each one, a finer mix and bury them 1/4 to 1/3 of the BB in the mix. Roots have a hard time starting if they are allowed to wiggle as they start from the new growth nor will they get into the mix easily if they start high on the BB. Just a couple of suggestions to get your treasures to bloom sooner.

[rbarata]

Thank you for the sugestions, Cym Ladye.

Usually I follow what you've said about bury them 1/4 to 1/3. If you see my photos you'll see that (more 1/4 than a 1/3 )

About the smaller pot, there's one thing I've noticed: the sprouts most of the time appear on the side that is near to the pot wall. I haven't done that in these but it's something to experiment, potting them decentered in the pot.

Regarding the mix, as I've said before I use pine bark only, with very good results. A different mix it's something to try next time when I divide one of these.

[Cym Ladye]

I hope you mean fir and not pine bark as pine breaks down far faster than fir. It is easy to confuse the two. Just read the label carefully on your bags.

As with Catts, which always plant the oldest cane backed up to the pot rim so as to allow the new growths room to grow, off set the Cym BB.. Harder to judge with BBs as the new growths can come from either side if you do not see the "eye" definitively on one side or the other.

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[rbarata]

I hope you mean fir and not pine bark as pine breaks down far faster than fir. It is easy to confuse the two. Just read the label carefully on your bags.

No, not fir. It's really pine. Fir is not common in my country while pine is everywhere you look. So, instead of using imported stuff (more expensive), we here use pine which is produced locally.