Thank you for the replies, Roger, I am in zone 7-6 in the Blue Ridge Mts. of NC. I have a sand filled cold frame and plan to put the pots in there as soon as they are planted. It is a covered frame that I open occasionally if it is going to rain and it needs some moisture, I also prop it open a different amount depending on the temps. I have propagated perennial seeds for many years, I plant them in the fall because most of them need a chilling to enable them to germinate. A bulb that would germinate in the fall and then not have time to go into dormancy before it gets really cold I did not know when to plant it, especially some that are marginally hardy here. I think that I will wait to plant those seeds until late winter, keep them in the frige. until them. I just transplanted some pots of martagon lillys that I started from seed from NARGS about 3 years ago. I was excited to find nice bulbs down near the bottom of the pots, about 1" x 1" all nice and firm. Can't wait until they are big enough to bloom. Mary Sue, I have tried to navigate the wiki and have not found the article you called out, I don't understand how to get around it and find things. I get on the wiki and scroll down to the list of articles but I have not found the one you ID. Am I not looking in the right place or somethinga On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Rodger Whitlock <totototo@telus.net> wrote: > Anita Roselle <anitaroselle@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am new to planting bulb seed and am not sure about planting at this >> time of year. I have seed of Glads, Hebranthus. Lillium that will be >> marginally hardy here. I plan to put them in a covered cold frame for >> the winter. >> >> Should I plant them now or wait till spring, if yes how late in the >> fall should they be planted? I am concerned that they will germinate >> now and not go dormant by winter. Have not been able to find out the >> answer to this so your response will be helpful. >> >> Look forward to hearing from you, >> > > But no one knows where you live! > > People! Good gardening techniques are highly dependent on where the garden > is. but Anita didn't say. > > Moscow? Puerto Vallarta? Minot? Las Vegas? Bellingham? Santiago? Cape > Town? Taipei? > > Note that this involves more than climatic factors. Soil, which can vary > significantly over very short distances, is another, and exposure yet a > third. Examples: > > Here in Victoria, BC, we have a mild maritime climate with some light > frosts most winters, short but severe freezes some winters. The soil is > mostly derived from sticky blue marine clay deposited while glaciers > depressed the land below sea level, but there are areas with quite sandy > soil, also compliments of the glaciers. As for exposure, remember that > peach orchardists in tricky locations plant on the north side of slopes > where it's colder and spring flowering is later. > > A covered cold frame is a very good idea unless you are in a location with > serious winter cold that deeply freezes the soil. > > Note that cold frames have other advantages than just protection from > frost: they keep excessive winter rain off the plants inside, and they also > keep some pests at bay, notably crows who are fond of plant pot labels. > > When the prevailing temperature is near freezing or higher, you will want > to keep your cold frame(s) propped open just a little for ventilation. > > I'd sow now, water well, just once, then put the pots in the cold frame. > Don't think you'll park them o/ut in the open and then in the cold frame > later: if you are like me, step 2 (putting them in the cold frame) is > likely to be overlooked later on. > > But, that said, I have to mention that when I used to sow a hundred pots a > year, it was only when seed arrived from the various society exchanges in > December or January that the job was possible. It's a little like > Christopher Lloyd's advice to take cuttings when you have the opportunity > (e.g. on a visit to someone's garden), even though it's not the "right" > time of year. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…