Hi guys, I know this is an older topic but I wanted to let everyone know that I followed the advice from Del Allegood, it was succesful and all my Hippeastrum seedlings currently are on their third and fourth leaves. I'm continuing them on flourescent lighting for 24 hours a day, does anyone know any adverse effects this can create? I've heard that plants only photosynthesis a certain amount of time a day, am I wasting my electricity? Thanks Josh Anderson, IN ________________________________ From: Del Allegood <npublici@yahoo.com> Put flourescent light over them, three to four inches away,twenty four hours a day. Rake back the medium,so that the little bulbs are exposed at their tops. You might be able to salvage some of them. I have been somewhat successful doing this. I have had tremendous problems with all kinds of plant eaters this year. Del ________________________________ From: Josh Young <joshy46013@yahoo.com> Hi Guys, So this morning I awoke to see that several of my pots of Hippeastrum seedlings had been a midnight snack for several caterpillars. I hope they enjoyed their hamdonii sandwhich with a side of psittacinum puddingand a large diet calyptra-cola! Seriously tho, they ate all the seedlings to the ground, I had several gallon pots with maybe 15 or more seedlings in each, how can I keep this from happening again without jeopardizing the seedlings themselves? I had aulicum, blossfeldiae, calyptratum, cybister, mandonii, morelianum, glaucescens and psittacinum and all are gone. Thanks Josh