Chris wrote: > It is only mid-March but my first-year Calochortus seedlings (planted in plastic tomato flats in full sun) have mostly started to go brown at the tips. Is it time to stop watering altogether? I agree strongly with what Kipp said. In nature, the tiny bulbs would be growing in the ground, and would have roots reaching down to levels of the soil that would still be moist and cool at this time in a normal year. I've killed plenty of Calochortus over the year, so I can't say this for sure, but I get the impression that they don't rot if you keep watering them while they still show some green. When they're ready to be dormant, I think the whole leaf will tend to go yellow at once. Hope that helps. Mike San Jose, CA