“Our” upcoming winter rains being the vicinity of Carnation, WA. Zone 8b/7a, with 40+ inches of rain, mostly during the winter. On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:21 PM Cody H <plantboy@gmail.com> wrote: > You can sow them like seeds under a thin layer of grit/sand/lava rock in a > fast dranining gritty mix in a large flat and raise them to larger sizes, > if you’re interested in propagating them. I imagine in the right > microclimate they’d do fine down in the ground this way too. I’m currently > doing the same for a zillion or so rice bulbils from F. recurva. Last year > I grew them on under lights indoors, and they doubled their size over the > winter (to about 3-4mm). I’ve kept them dry indoors over the summer but am > about to put them back out in a protected spot where they’ll be exposed to > a small fraction of our upcoming winter rains. The parent bulbs did fine > with a similar treatment last winter (outdoors), I’m curious to see how the > tiny ones fare. I’ve also got a pot of slowly increasing rice bulbils of F. > camschatica. They seem to appreciate not drying out too completely or > getting too hot in the summer. > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 3:12 PM Hansen Nursery <robin@hansennursery.com> > wrote: > >> It seems like there was a discussion in the past about what to do when you >> go to transplant a large pot of Fritillaria atropurpurea and how to deal >> with a zillion rice bulblets in addition to what seems like the "mother" >> bulbs. Maybe a zillion isn't far off. I quit counting when I became >> overwhelmed at the number of babies. >> >> >> >> I'll transplant the mothers into separate containers, but how to manage >> the >> babies eludes me. Any help would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> Robin on the OR southwest coast where the wind is blowing way too much >> >> Hansen Nursery >> >> robin@hansennursery.com >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…