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Hi, Ihave struggled with my squill for 10 years, I have NEVER had it look like yours. Please tell me how you do it...Pleeze-is plastic or ceramic best? food? water? crowd it or not? help me
Sorry to only get to this now. I haven't been to DG in a looong time...
I find that they are very easy to grow in a nice humusy mix. I use Mir-Gro right out of the bag.
I keep mine in a sunny window in winter, but they seem to not get enough light, so I keep them dryish and I don't fertilize. The petioles stretch and a looser open form comes. The leaves themselves seem longer and narrower, too.
When I start taking them outdoors, I place them in part-shade (light shade, really or dappled sun) at first, then move them to full shade as the season progresses.
They always got "wilty" if i had them in morning sun, even in early spring, so I don't do that anymore.
I keep them evenly moist outdoors and feed regularly, and they just multiply like mad. I pluck some of the bulblets off the ever-increasing mound and put them up separately and they soon root. It's quicker if they already have some roots reaching down for soil from atop the mound, but it isn't necessary.
I prefer clay (as in the pic) since it is easy to overwater in plastic. Beware of letting get too dry, though, they will lose leaves, but that little storage "bulb" will get them through a lot.
