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no corm

BreatheBreathe Posts: 114
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I pulled up my spent  Ranunculus and there was no corm attached - I searched the soil. there is just a network of roots at the bottom of the stem. there IS a tiny root growing up form bottom towards top  that looks like a tooth root- its hard and white and pointy- about 2 cms- that isn't a corm begining to form is it? Can some plants be sold at Nursery grown in another fashion so you CAN'T re-use? I bought it in a pot with buds- it was around 1 foot high, in March.

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Ranunculus corms don't look like other corms - look here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDPW8dKKTrU

    I'd have kept it in the pot, fed it and kept it growing as long as possible, moving it into a frostfree shed or greenhouse in the winter, keeping the soil just moist, and watching for it to start into growth in the spring.  They can form quite a nice large clump grown like that.

    Hope that helps image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    After mine had flowered last year I just left them in the garden and they have just flowered again, magnificently.



    In West Wales, wet and not particularly warm.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    I'd happily leave them in the ground in my back garden which is well-drained and quite sheltered - probably not in my front garden, it's a bit of a frost pocket. 

    However, in pots I'd move them in the winter to protect them from frost.


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BreatheBreathe Posts: 114
    1. Maybe I broke it off from tuber- but I could  feel roots snapping as I was digging about looking for the corm  so didn't want to hurt anything.- the container is quite' busy'. I'm on way to plant  nursery - I'll show  it to staff. Could be hidden under dirt which hasn't dried off yet. I might stick it back in, I'll see if nursery think there's enough root- there's only about an inch in 3 stands then other tinies.
  • BreatheBreathe Posts: 114

    Centre said it looked like it had all withered off- I let it go brown thinking it was past its growing season- was a bit squashed in container I think. Oh well, live and learn!

    Dovefromabove- I thought it was supposed to die off llike a daffodil does! I'm limited for space- I've a wraparound patio - ground floor flat.

    Welshonion- I'll maybe leave it in next time-gets windy

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