Dear Jim, Here in the middle-east of europe the normal root development of F. imperialis begins as early as late july. We advice our customers to plant them immediately, because we saw that bulbs planted before root development succeded better than thos planted with roots. The roots break easily and fusarium attacks them soon. Here october planted bulbs died out on clay, but was a bit more succesfull on sand. A dutch trader told me, that they usually have problems with F. imperialis, because the bulbs dry out so soon (even more problems with F. meleagris). Regards, Janos 2008/8/28 Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > Good, now we're getting somewhere. Thanks, Lauw. > > Have you been able to observe when the bulbs of Fritillaria imperialis > begin > to root under your conditions? > > Thanks, > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >