Jennifer: You'll prolly get lots of responses......here's mine: 1- Decorative 2- Keeps soil from spattering the leaves while watering with a hose 3- Keeps much of the soil from rising to the top, when plunging the pot in a large container of water - which is the way I do it. 4- Probably inhibits some weeds from sprouting. Anyway, weeds can be pulled easily without disturbing the soil too much. 5- Keeps the top of the soil in the pot somewhat cooler. ROBERT ----- Original Message ----- From: jennifer.hildebrand@att.net Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 1:19 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Ipheion from Argentina Hi all, OK, you probably all know the answer already, but I'm in the dark... I noticed in two of German's great photos that he's got some small, decorative rock sown on the top of his pots. Many other photos show a similar setup. What purpose does that serve? Thanks in ignorance, Jennifer _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.phpGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com/