Jeg var sååå utrolig heldig å FÅ 25 Kala (Calla Zantedeschia) knoller av en veeeldig snill kollega, som ikke lenger hadde plass til alle! Hun har hatt så voldsomt mange av dem, og fått dem så utrolig fint til. Ja, riktig fine og store har de vært! Så har tatt med noen gode tips fra henne. Har aldri hatt Kala før i hagen, eller andre knoller for den saks skyld, så det blir jo spennende....Her hos oss har vi hvertfall plass til dem, og vel så det....
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| Et lite bad, til det slutter å boble... A nice little bath, until there are no more bubles... |
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| Og så er det tid for soling av alle 25, for å få litt fart på spiringen... Time for sunbathing of all 25 to hopefully help the sprouting.... |
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| Denne siden skal peke opp.... This side up when planting... |
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| ...og denne siden ned ....and this side down |
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| Plant de tre og tre tett sammen i potte eller i blomsterbeddet. Plant 3 and 3 close together. |
Så da var de planta i potter innendørs, 3 og 3 tett i sammen for at de skal gi kraft til hverandre (dette hadde hun lært av en greker) - med 5-10 cm jord over - for seinere å bli planta ut i hagen når de har vokst seg litt sterke, og etter at faren for nattefrost er over. Kanskje beholder jeg et par av de store pottene til å pynte opp på terrassen.
Får jo nesten litt prestasjons angst, for hvis de ikke blir vellykka, kan jeg hvertfall ikke skylde på at det var dårlige knoller....
Disse er hvite, og har hørt at de fargede ikke er like lette å få til fint. Men ellers skal Kala være en lett plante å få til, og den blomstrer fra juli til oktober (og kanskje litt tidligere hvis de forkultiveres som jeg gjør nå). Men den trenger humusrik jord, næring og vann! Så nå får vi se, da! Og så må jeg for all del få knollene i hus før frosten kommer til høsten. Men de er faktisk fine som stueplanter også...
-Ingvild-
Beautiful Calla Zantedeschia
I was sooo lucky to GET 25 Calla Zantedeschia Bulbs from a veeery nice colleague, who no longer had room for all of hers! She has had so extreemely many of them, and they came out sooo very beautifully. Yes, indeed very large and lushious! So I took along some good advice from her. I have never had Calla in the garden, or tubers, for that matter, so it will be exciting to see .... We certainly have plenty of room for them, and then some .... So now they have been planted in pots indoors, 3 and 3 close together, so that they will give power to each other (this she had learned from a Greek guy who knew what he was talking about..) - with 5 - 10 cm of soil above - to later be planted in the garden when they have grown a bit strong, and after danger of frost is over. Maybe I keep a couple of the big pots for the terrace. My collegue actually had all hers in pots.
I almost get a little performance anxiety, because if they are not successful, I certainly can not blame the bulbs for being bad bulbs ....
These are white Calla, and have heard that the colored ones are not as easy to grow successfully. But otherwise Calla is supposed to be an easy plant to achieve, and it blooms from July to October. But it needs humus rich soil, nutrients and water! So now we'll see then! And I must by all means get it in indoors before the frost in the autumn.
-Ingvild-
-Ingvild-
Beautiful Calla Zantedeschia
I was sooo lucky to GET 25 Calla Zantedeschia Bulbs from a veeery nice colleague, who no longer had room for all of hers! She has had so extreemely many of them, and they came out sooo very beautifully. Yes, indeed very large and lushious! So I took along some good advice from her. I have never had Calla in the garden, or tubers, for that matter, so it will be exciting to see .... We certainly have plenty of room for them, and then some .... So now they have been planted in pots indoors, 3 and 3 close together, so that they will give power to each other (this she had learned from a Greek guy who knew what he was talking about..) - with 5 - 10 cm of soil above - to later be planted in the garden when they have grown a bit strong, and after danger of frost is over. Maybe I keep a couple of the big pots for the terrace. My collegue actually had all hers in pots.
I almost get a little performance anxiety, because if they are not successful, I certainly can not blame the bulbs for being bad bulbs ....
These are white Calla, and have heard that the colored ones are not as easy to grow successfully. But otherwise Calla is supposed to be an easy plant to achieve, and it blooms from July to October. But it needs humus rich soil, nutrients and water! So now we'll see then! And I must by all means get it in indoors before the frost in the autumn.
-Ingvild-
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