> > Can anyone comment on the need for lowered temperatures at germination time > for Cape bulbs? In my experience, the majority of Cape bulbs that I sow (about 100-200 pots per year) will begin to germinate when the daytime highs are about 75F and the night time lows are about 50F. Generally, I get three or four flushes of germination over a five to eight week period beginning in early to mid October here in northeast North Carolina. When I lived in northwest Connecticut, the time frame was two to three weeks earlier. Mark Mazer Hertford, North Carolina USA USDA zone 8