To second Michael's question, I'm also very curious as to whether you plant the bulbs right-side up, or whether they are simply scattered and they right themselves. In my limited experience, it seems that Brodiaea and kin don't mind too much which way they are planted... they still send out roots and shoots and figure themselves out. What about Camas, Fritillaria, and some of these others? Ben Anderson On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Richard <richrd@nas.com> wrote: > I'm the naive one here, am still on learning curve as I ramp up > production. However these bulbs will be lifted for sale next year. They do > seem to be happy in crowded beds. I past we made dense beds of bulbils and > left them for 2-3 years. With Camas also dense plantings work great > although sometime the bulbs are deformed. Keep in mind these rows are > separated by 6 inches of clean space and roots do have a [lace to go. > Different conditions in a pot. > On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:58 AM, Michael Mace wrote: > > > but I was surprised by the density at which you're > > planting those Dichelostemma. With all the offsetting they do, don't you > > need to keep more space between them? (I'm thinking maybe I space mine > too > > far apart in the pots). > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >