Jim McKenny asked for more information about the Lilium I grew from seed sown Oct 2007 that is now blooming. I can't remember how often I watered the seed pots before the seed germinated. I left the pots outside and usually we get enough rain once it starts to keep seed pots moist until something comes up. If the pots I have outside look dry, I water them, but otherwise I let nature do its thing. Once the seeds germinated and were a reasonable size I followed John's advice and separated them into their own pots and kept potting them up when the roots filled the pot. I kept watering them as long as they were growing. Eventually they went dormant but I don't think it was until fall and then I stopped watering them. After that they would have not been watered until it starting raining again. It doesn't look like I made a record of when they reappeared this spring. Only two are blooming, but I've never gotten any Lilium to bloom so quickly before so it definitely seems like a good system to follow in the future. Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers