Hi Jennifer: Welcome to the Midwest. I store the bulbs that can tolerate some level of frost in my garage. It is unheated but attached to the house. I have a basement for dormant bulbs that can take no freeze at all. However most of my non-hardy bulbs are winter growers and they occupy a room with good eastern and southern natural sunlight. The last time we moved (from Missouri to Illinois), the transfer company put the trailer containing all of our belongings into a large building and then froze it to kill any pests. It is apparently a 'normal' procedure for moves within the Midwest. Never found out what kind of pests they were trying to kill. We moved in November so all of my hardy plants were basically dormant and came through OK. The non-hardies we moved in our car. Not sure if they will do that with your belongings or not but it would be good to ask. Boyce Tankersley btankers@chicagobotanic.org -----Original Message----- From: jennifer.hildebrand@att.net [mailto:jennifer.hildebrand@att.net] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 7:18 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: [pbs] Help!!! I'm moving. Hi everyone, Since Mary Sue will be out of town for the next week, we won't have her very lively comments and friendly prods to the rest of us to keep the messages flowing. So I thought this would be a good time to usurp the list for my own selfish purposes! I'm going to be moving in very early August to Nebraska. I was hoping that you all might have some good moving tips. Thank heavens a good number of bulbs are dormant now! I was planning to pack dormant pots in a box with packing peanuts, but if anyone has a better idea, please, send it along! As for the live plants... I'm open to any and all suggestions! Peter and I (and our two cats and many fish) will make the drive in 3 days, but the movers will take anywhere from 4-8. Any suggestions for helping my plants to survive the move? Also, I'd love it if anyone had tips for growing in Nebraska (or similar zones). I know that some of our members grow under lights. I'm going to have to adopt that system, as I'll be renting a house for the first year. Putting up a greenhouse is therefore out of the question. I know that some of you grow under lights - can anyone recommend a good source for growing lights (think CHEAP!)? Any tips for setting up a grow light system? How do you determine how long to leave the lights on? How close should the lights be to the plants? I'm also wondering about growing bulbs in pots in NE. I know that bulbs in pots get much colder than they would if grown in the ground. Will I need to bring even my hardier bulbs indoors for winter? My plants and I would appreciate all the help we can get! Jennifer _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php