Can anyone please tell me whether seeds which are dispersed from geophytes which are native to areas which are hot and dry in the summer (and therefore summer dormant) will get dry in the summer? The obvious answer to this would be seem to be yes - so I am asking myself why I continue to water pots of such seeds during the summer. Genera in question would include Crocus, geophytic iris, Cyclamen and a host of other 'Mediterranean' bulbs. I mentioned before that I have seen some seed of some of these bulbs rot during the summer, when I have kept them moist, and temperatures are consistently in the 80s and 90sF. I am tempted to stop watering ungerminated seeds of these bulbs around now, and restart in mid-September. Seeds of ephemeral things like Hepatica, Anemonella, Helleborus, Adonis, Trillium etc. will continue to be watered as I think letting these dry out would be seriously detrimental - but what about western erythroniums? Whatever Mother Nature does has to be right, doesn't it? Comments welcome please. J. Dr John T Lonsdale, 407 Edgewood Drive, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341, USA Home: 610 594 9232 Cell: 610 476 0428 Fax: 801 327 1266 Visit "Edgewood" - The Lonsdale Garden at http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/ USDA Zone 6b