Justin The frige is a good idea but why replace the door? why not use a low heat fluor grow lamp? The amount of cool you'd loose from braking the seal would be minimal compared to the loss from plexiglas Put the lamp on a timer place it on the top shelf, seedlings on the shelf below. turn the fridge to a warm temp that's cool but not in the 30's. Should get you through summer and you'll still have a fridge to store forcing bulbs for spring or even a cold one for super bowl. Bill On Jul 1, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Justin Smith wrote: > > > > > > Hi Jim/all, > > > > Yes I was referring to the fleshy kind. It has been over 100F here > every day for almost 2 weeks. With no rain for even longer. I was > afraid that if I tried to plant the fleshy seeds now that it would > be so hot that they would really suffer. Last year I planted them on > out and got very poor results. I just got some from the very nice > ladies are Silverhill and they have already sprouted. The temps here > don't start to moderate reliably until mid September. > > > > I have been tempted to buy me a small fridge remove the door and > replace with two layers of plexyglass. Place it where it would get > bright light and fill it up with potted up seedlings. Though they > would have to be packed tightly they would only have to survive a > few months. > > > > Any idea anyone, if that might work? > > > > > > Justin > > Woodville, TX 8b/9a > > > > > > > Was said: > > > > >> If you are referring to the so-called "recalcitrant" amaryllis >> seeds -- >> the fleshy sorts that are reluctant to go into stable dormancy (hence >> "recalcitrant") -- I usually plant them immediately and then try to >> keep >> them growing continuously for 18 months to 2 years (under lights). >> In my >> experience, the new seedlings do not take well to a dormancy after >> only one >> short growing season. >> >> In an emergency you can store them in the fridge for 3 or 4 months. >> They >> will mostly go ahead and germinate in the fridge anyway, so you >> have to be >> careful when planting them that you don't break off the growing >> shoot. >> >> Best regards, >> Jim Shields >> growing Crinum, Clivia, and Haemanthus in central Indiana > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/… > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/