Hi Doug and all, I am not sure they should be transplanted as young as 2 years. Most of mine are still in their original pots, at ca. 5 or 6 years of age. I did disturb one, to remove an offset for trading. It at least did not kill the bulb! I have my Sprekelia howardii growing in my standard gritty mix for bulbs, succulents, and cacti: 2 parts Promix BX + 1 part fill sand + 1 part granite chick starter grit (ca. 1/8th inch mesh). I only have had one bulb flower in each of the last two summers. I am not at all sure I am following optimal procedures for S. howardii, but most of the seedlings seem to be surviving at least. Best wishes, Jim Shields in chilly, sunny central Indiana (USA) where we had our first snow flurries of the season yesterday. At 01:21 PM 11/23/2007 -0800, you wrote: >Does anyone wish to make a suggestion about transplanting seedling >Sprekelia howardi - ie. age, medium, etc.? My seedlings will soon be >two years old. > >Doug Westfall ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA