Leo and all, I've had best luck repotting my summer-dormant South African bulbs in late summer, shortly before they would start to come out of dormancy again. Of course, I can't seem to grow Brunsvigia successfully here no matter what I do! Jim Shields in spring-like central Indiana (USA) At 01:12 PM 4/30/2008 -0700, you wrote: >In response to my question about how large a pot to use for seedling >Boophone, Tim Harvey wrote > > > I plant my 1 year seedlings directly in the ground > > or in 2' deep beds. I have potted previously bedded > > out plants and they simply hate it. > >I don't know whether 1- or 2-year-old seedlings would survive a summer >here in the ground. I think I'll repot next fall into very large pots. > >Leo Martin >Phoenix Arizona USA ************************************************* 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