Fred, Even though the structure that I live in offers a lot to not recommend it and is inconvenient in terms of work I don't move as I am finally in a place with enough room for my plants. Working on a bulb house over the winter and the field space for the larger pots. Need to work on keeping the neighbors chickens out of them! Randy On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:45 AM, Fred Biasella < fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> wrote: > Thank you Ken, Ina and Shirley: > > You input is greatly appreciated. Dell was very kind to send more than > enough seed so if these survive and grow on, I will share them with the > group. I'm afflicted with that very common disease of "Eyes bigger than > stomach" and I have run out of room a long time ago, but does that stop > me....of course not. My only choice is to share with the group otherwise > they'll force me out of house and home and it's my pleasure to. > > Very Warm Regards and Thanks, > Fred Biasella > > > <Ken Wrote> > > Hello Fred, > > IMO ... a gritty, very well draining mix, with NO organic material, is > best for these. My own mix is equal parts pumice, DG (Decomposed Granite > Sand) and perlite, topped with large-particled DG to keep perlite and > pumice from floating to the top. If no DG, gritty sand or very small > pebbles (as for aquariums) should work. After germination and production > of the first leaf, a very weak fertilizer solution with every other > watering may be beneficial. I usually transplant to a mix including some > organic material after the first or second year of growth. Seeds should > not be covered but surrounded by larger particles to hold them in place > during germination. I keep a plastic humidity dome over them until the > formation of the first leaf. I find seedlings do OK the first year in some > shade ... out of direct sunlight. > > BTW ... I am having very high germination rates with seeds of these same > batches. > > Ken Blackford > San Diego > > --- On Mon, 11/7/11, Fred Biasella <arlen.jose@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hello All, > > I just received these seeds from the BX (Thanks Dell!!!!): > > 6. Amaryllis belladonna (light pink) X Brunsvigia littoralis > 7. Amaryllis belladonna (large-flowered, medium pink) X Nerine angulata > > My question is, what is the best medium to start these seeds. I live in > the Northeast where light is a bit of an issue, but I do have lighted plant > carts ... > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *