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«RUUKUN GS-HAKHUK PILOT. BR O O K IN G S, O R EG O N
Novembri,
Probable Causes Of Recent Low Bud
Count in Croft Lilies When “Forced”
By E. P. BREAKEY
forcers w ith bulbs having viable age on Forcing N o rth w e s t Lilies"
roots.
in F lo ris ts ’ R eview , Sept. 13, 1945-
m ay contain the answ er to this
question.
The practice of accelerating
S tu a r t’s studies w ere based on
lilies is of com partively recent u n iform samples of C ro ft, Es
origin. L au rie and Poesch. in th e ir tates, and Ace E a s te r lilies th a t
book "Com m ercial F lo w e r F o rc w ere grown in Oregon. T h e bulbs
ing" (th ird edition, 1941) m ake w ere harvested a t in te rv a ls of
no mention of it. I t makes possi four, six and eig ht weeks a fte r
ble the flowering of southern- fu ll bloom.
grown lilies fo r Christm as trade,
The three date of digging were
or earlier, and is also a means August 15 and 31 and S eptem ber
of conserving greenhouse space, 15, 1944. T h e results o f these
since the length of tim e between studies w ere sum m arized as fo l
the potting of bulbs and the open lows:
ing of flowers can be m a te ria lly
In a ll three varieties the n u m
shortened. Barney B rie rle y (in
ber of days to bloom was reduced
his a rticle on EfTect of Cool S to r
as the storage te m p e ra tu re was
age of E a ste r L ily Bulbs on Sub
lowered. I t is especially in te re s t
sequent Forcing Perform ance, ap
ing to note th a t in a ll instances
pearing in Journal of A g ric u ltu ra l
50 degree storage had less effect
Research. M arch 15, 1941) states:
•’Cool Storage of E a ste r lily bulbs
is a convenient p rim a ry control
over tim e of flowering. The cus
tom ary control f a c t o r , forcing
tem p eratu re, can be used as a
fine adjustm ent a fte r this p ri
m a ry control has been applied."
Acceleration
exam ple, an a rtic le by N e il W .
S tu a rt (in which he told of the
S tate College of W ashington
A g ric u ltu ra l E xp erim en t S tatio n influence of tem p e ratu re and the
length of storage on forcing per
P u yallu p, W ashington
form ance of domestic E aster lilies
The C ro ft lily has achieved the which appeared in the Flo rists’
reputation of being one of the Review, J u ly 29, 1943, and in the
world's finest E aster lilies. I t has F lo rists’s Exchange and H o r ti
been outstanding as a pot p lant c u ltu ra l T ra d e W o rld . Sept. 25.
and for this reason has had an 1943) is suggestive, p a rtic u la rly
enviable place in the trade.
when review ed in the lig h t of re
Recently, however, forcers have cent experiences. These studies
complained of poor bud counts on w ere based on Louisiana-grow n
the plants grown fo r the E aster C rofts and Creoles and the re
m arket.
sults w ere sum m arized as follow«:
The situation became c ritic a l
1. P re lim in a ry c o m m o n or
w ith the approach of Easter, 1946, high te m p e ratu re s t o r a g e , in
and can no longer be ignored. e ith e r m oist o r d ry peat tends to
Doubtless there are reasons fo r reduce the effectiveness of sub
the development of this situation, sequent storage at 50 degrees.
and it is the purpose of this a r
2.. In comparison w ith moist
ticle to seek an explanation fo r (sig h tly w e t) peat, storage in
such behavior.
d ry peat results in delayed em er
and
flowering,
shorter
The answers to the question gence
m ay be found in the lite ra tu re plants, a n d fe w e r flowers per
or in the eyperiences of success p la n t
3. T h e adverse effects of dry
fu l growers. I f they are not, then
The studies of S tu a rt and B rie r-
studies should be in itia te d which storage could not be overcome by
w ill lead to a solution of the soaking the bulbs in w a te r o ver ley show, however, th a t accelera
night p rio r to potting..
problem.
tion in flo w erin g alw ays results
in few e r flow ers per plant. S tu a rt
I t is only n atu ra l, of course,
found th a t unstored bulbs (the
fo r the average forcer to blame
A d is trib u to r who handled a southern-grown creoles and the
the grow er fo r any losses he m ay
re la tiv e ly larg e portion of the C ro fts ) produced 7.5 flowers per
experience. This is often u n fair,
lily bulbs produced in the Pacific p lant, w ith blooms commencing
since the g ro w er has no control
northw est in 1945 demanded th a t 259 days a fte r planting, w hile
over the bulbs a fte r they have
his growers pack th e ir bulbs in storage fo r fo u r weeks at 50 de
left his hand. I t is w e ll known
dry peat. H e doubtless had his
grees halved the flower count and
that the most hazardous period
in the life of the bulb is the tim e reasons fo r ignoring the results reduced to 134 the num ber of
of S tu art's studies. W hen these days to blooming. H ow do Pacific
elapsing between l e a v i n g the
bulbs failed to produce the a n tic
northw est lilies compare w ith the
grower's hands and a rriv in g on
ipated bud counts, however, the
southern-grow n lilies in th e ir re
the forcer’s benches. This period
d is trib u to r was among the first
brings the d istribu to r into the
sponse to such te ra tm en t? A sec
to place the blam e on the bulb ond a rtic le by N eil S tu a rt " In
transaction as a fac to r of good
growers.
lily performance.
fluence oi H arvest T im e and Stor-
Effects of Acceleration
„ T
in
h a s t e n in g
e g re e
s to ra g e ,
gree was consistently mJ
“ Ve than 35 <fegre« * *
pndatic
number shows 10^1
estmg points. In an
west varieties 35 der?
reduced the bud
*dly than 50 degree h?
“ er ,• « ” * i « n ^
Teoles, 50 degree ston-
reduced the bud counf
verely.”
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I Lilies
Problem of Shrinkage
Another unfavorable r e s u l t
from the use of dry peat as a
packing material is the shrinkage
of the bulbs. The growers have
been severely criticized for sell
ing undersized bulbs. Some of this
criticism was doubtless merited.
However, experience has demon
strated that when bulbs were
packed in dry peat they will lose
( a uses of Low Bud-count as
much as m e whole size bv the
Some of the causes of Ion bud time they n ich the forcer. Such
count are apparently known. For dessication usually means that
the roots will wither and dry.
Also, such treatment tends to
throw the bulb into a period of
dormancy" rom w h ic h it is
aroused w i h difficulty. Viable
roots are e\ lence that the bulb
has had p ro ^ r care since being
dug. It should be emphasized that
the lily, in nature, does not be-i
come dormant in the sense that 1
the tulip or bulbous iris does.
Ruby Stcken
Developmei t is naturally pro
Assisting
gressive and should not be per
mit tetl to b come retrogressive.
Closed Sunday and Monday
Northwest growers should capital
i.’t’ on fheir ability to supply the
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Dry Pack vs. Moist Pack
Be assured that the grower is
more than anxious to produce
bulbs that will perform satisfac
torily on the forcer's benches.
We are reminded, however, that
a chain is no stronger than its
weakest link.'' It is essential for
us to locate the weak links and
strengthen them whenever possi
ble to do so.
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