Lamon, I haven't had one come back if it was completely missing the basal plate. I've had them generate new bulbs, usually several, when there was a small piece, less than 10% of the whole, of basal plate remaining. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…