I use corse grit, (6mm but 10mm works too), about 1 cm deep to cover the seeds. -the light gets through enough but it helps to keep the seeds on the soil untill the root gets a grip. It also stops the surface of the soil drying out. On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Rachel Saunders <silverhill@yebo.co.za>wrote: > Not 1cm deep - they need light to germinate. Push them gently into the soil > but leave them uncovered. > Regards > Rachel Saunders > Silverhill Seeds and Books > Tel: +27 21 762 4245 > Fax: +27 21 797 6609 > PO Box 53108, > Kenilworth, > 7745 South Africa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bulborum botanicum" <bulborum@gmail.com> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 10:05 AM > Subject: Re: [pbs] re Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. katharinae > > > Hello Ina > > Sow them as soon as possible > one cm deep > > Roland > > 2011/6/16 Ina Crossley <klazina1@gmail.com>: > > My Fire Ball Lily has set seed. What is the best way to deal with the > > seed? > > > > Ina Crossley > > New Zealand > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > -- > R de Boer > La Maugardiere 1 > F 27260 EPAIGNES > FRANCE > > Phone./Fax 0033-232-576-204 > Email: bulborum@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >