I tried twin scaling my N. sarniensis a few years ago, and had some success. I had read that one should do it in late June, or just after the bulbs go dormant ( I really didn't twin scale, more like triple or sliced the bulbs into 8 pieces, each with a piece of the basal plate. I then treated them with a fungicide, and placed them into a small ziplock poly bag with vermiculite. I kept the bag in a dark closet for two months, and by August, I had some small bulblets. I planted them out in a fishbox with sand, for their first season of growth. The flat eventually became lost in the greenhouse until three years later, when I found two flower buds twisting up. SO I think I had some luck, but I have little patience, and find that they offset so quickly that I get blooming size bulbs faster from the smaller offsets than the chipped bulbs. Stil, it's probably the best way to propagate a perfect clone. Matt Mattus Zone 5 Worcester, MA USA On 9/4/10 1:09 AM, "Tom Mitchell" <tom@evolution-plants.com> wrote: > Does anyone here have experience twinscaling Nerine? Like many others > I've used the technique successfully on Galanthus and Narcissus but > am unsure whether to use the same protocol with Nerine. In > particular, I'd love advice on the best time of year to chop up the > bulbs and the best incubation method to use. I'm most interested in > working with N.bowdenii, which obviously has large bulbs compared > with most Nerine species, perhaps making cross-cutting of the basal > plate a better plan? Advice appreciated! > > Tom > Wiltshire, England, Zone 8, autumn on it's way. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/