On 26 Apr 2014, at 8:59, Richard wrote: > I have some young Erythronium multiscapoideum that sprouted in early January > in the greenhouse and have died down. If i dry them out for a few weeks then > put into cold moist conditions for 3 months will they go through another > growth cycle again? Sounds like your greenhouse got too warm, forcing your seedlings into premature dormancy. In your shoes, I'd move the pot to a shady location outside and just let it be. Trying to get another cycle of growth going now would push them into having active growth as the summer winds down and things gradually cool off. Certainly, somebody somewhere has successfully done what you propose, but my own belief is that most seed and seedlings do better if exposed to natural conditions. (There are exceptions.) I've stopped sowing heaps of seed, but in the days when I did, the pots would go into a coldframe as soon as sown, so they were exposed to the natural cycle of warmth and coolth. Western erythroniums germinated well under those conditions and entered their first dormancy, if anything, a little late. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate