Hi Uli, I look forward to your Bulb Garden article. Here is a photo of my mini plunge bed trays for seed pots. I totally agree bigger pots provide not just more moisture reservoir but also dampen the temperature highs and lows. I am not sure my mini plunge is worth the extra effort, as I have not tracked results precisely. My impression has been that seedlings do better. But this is strongly biased because I only give them this advantage after they earn it by emerging (germinating). The tiny pots are 2.25 square at top and 3 inches tall. Each tray holds 15 tiny pots. Each spot is held open by a lower pot, with coarse sand at the bottom. The trays have holes drilled in their bottom and window screen between two nested trays holds the coarse sand in. The sand stays damp a long time. Some species like to send roots into the sand. Yes November is late to sow the winter growers. But this does avoid the heat waves we get in September and October. Next year I plan to sow in September and have better protection from excessive heat. I am building a screen house. This may also allow this year's seedlings to postpone summer dormancy. A second, not so pretty, photo shows a mini plunge late last May where all but the Veltheimia seedlings have already gone dormant. A disadvantage of mixing species in the same tray is they all get the same conditions. I grow in tiny quantities so I never fill a whole tray with one species or even one genus. A third photo shows a mini plunge tray with 2 to 3 year old seedlings. A Lachenalia viridiflora had its first bloom. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mini_plunge_seed_pot_tray.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 680844 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mini_plunge_tray_A_2019522.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 809742 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mini_plunge_older_seedlings.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 855753 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
