When I triple-scale (Tri scale) Nerine sarniensis, I use a sterilization procedure in which the bulb chips are submersed and agitated in a 0.525% solution of sodium hydrochlorite for one hour. I can't respond as to how successful this is on this years Nerine, but so far it looks good. This is the preferred method for many hard to micro-propagate amaryllids such as Crinum according to a research paper by the Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A & M from 1999. It stated that the most successful sterilization method was where the chips we're soaked in a hot (50 deg. C) tap water for 1h, then placed in flasks with a solution of 0.525% sodium hydrochlorite containing 0.1 Tween 20 and agitated for 1h, then rinsed three times with sterilized water under a laminar air-flow cabinet, all damaged tissue was trimmed and the chips dried. Of course, I am not a scientist, since a kitchen served as my lab. I ordered my lab material from an online laboratory supply house, as I used vermiculite in poly zip bags for my first batch, and a second in babyfood jar flasks containing a Murashige and Skoog agar solution. So far things are looking good, I have about 30% failure but hey, these are Nerine. I have no idea is these same methods would work with Galanthus. (Can you even chip galanthus?!) Best of luck Matt Mattus Worcester, Massachusetts USA On 12/7/04 6:30 AM, "Hans und Babs Joschko" <buj.joschko@freenet.de> wrote: > Hello bulbplantfriends , > Can anyone give me some advices what kind of Fungicid will used for > Twinscaling of Galanthus ( or other bulbs ). > Thanks for any comments > With greetings from Germany > Hans > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php