>>Are these light sensitive, or should they be covered? I'd plant the seed a couple of mm deep. >>Any special soil, or just a standard seed raising mix? The same mix you would use for other summer-dormant bulbs. I use 50-50 sand and milled peat, with inorganic fertilizer. GO easy on the organics. >>As it is early spring here, should they be kept until autumn? Yes, definitely. If you plant them now they won't have time to form bulbs before summer, and may die (if they try to go dormant) or rot (if they try to keep growing). And yes, keep the pots out of the rain in the summer. Don't get them hot, but also don't get them wet. Mike