Ha, thanks for the advice to keep bulbs away from heavy rain -- Kathleen and I live in the US Pacific Northwest. On the other hand, she rejoices in a sandy garden, while I moved a few years ago to a spot with clay. I had the same experience as Kathleen last year with an order of Dutch bulbs for the garden. They say they ship them at the "proper time for planting in your region." Apparently they think southern California and Oregon/Washington are in the same region (well, they're on the same /ocean /). We seem to have a policy of not naming offending vendors on this list, but should we? Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 11/28/2018 11:09 AM, Peter Taggart wrote: > Usually best to root them in a semidamp substrate, with good airflow, cool > and away from heavy rain and frost. Otherwise they may rot rather than > revive as they should in Autumn, if that is when they would naturally have > rooted. Heavy rain tends to cake the soil, not a good thing for rooting > stressed bulbs. > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:22 PM Kathleen Sayce <kathleen.sayce@gmail.com > wrote: > >> ....And most infuriating: a few bulbs appear desiccated beyond viability >> and the rest are all sprouting. This is my first time with such poor >> treatment, and I wonder how typical it is? >> >> Am now planting between rain storms, and dodging thunderstorms, to get >> these poor bulbs in the ground >> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…