Travis asked: >Does anyone know of bulb seeds that require fire? One of the positive aspects of the pbs list is the archive of previous posts that David Pilling created. It is especially useful if you haven't saved a helpful previous post or if you are new to growing bulbs or to the list. Some of the information from list posts has been added to the wiki by the volunteers who give of their time to do this, but since there aren't a lot of those, the amazing wealth of information can be accessed by searching the archive. Here's some posts from the past about people's experiments using fire to germinate seeds, 2004-2006. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/2005-August/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/2005-August/… http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/2005-August/… I tried using the smoke papers that Silverhill Seed sells on Aristea seed that I was finding hard to germinate. Rachel even gave me extra seed so I could give it a try. I didn't find any difference and in fact I think that I had better germination in the untreated pots. Erica seed pots treated with the smoke water germinated much better on the other hand than pots without it. Mary Sue