sorry the link seems to be wonky , here it is again http://wwwlib.teiep.gr/images/stories/… Peter (UK) On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Peter Taggart <petersirises@gmail.com>wrote: > Here is an article on the effects of pre-chilling tulip bulbs http:// > http://wwwlib.teiep.gr/images/stories/… > Note that it is *not* the initiation of the flower bud which is effected, > it is the shoot growth, it's rate of growth to flowering, and the > production of offsets. Perhaps, in warmer climates, the increased speed of > growth may be critical to get the Tulips to flowering before summer aborts > the buds with premature dormancy? > > I failed to get Tulipa sprengeri to flower from seeds several times. It > dives very deep in the pots and the bulbs would not get bigger. pPanting > pots of two year old seedlings in the ground was much more successful. > Peter (UK) > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > >> Since I prechill the tulips >> I grow every year since it doesn't get very cold here and otherwise >> they don't bloom, I've never been sure what to do with seedlings and >> have just left them in the pots in the shade until they were bigger >> so perhaps that too could be a problem. This year the sprengeri bulbs >> I still have left (the survival rate has not been good) are in the >> refrigerator with the rest of my tulips, but they are very small. >> Makiko Goto-Widerman makikogotowiderman@me.com via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/…> >> lists.ibiblio.org >> 6:47 PM (22 hours ago) >> >> to Pacific >> Mary Sue, >> I also live in Southern California, Orange County. I used to keep tulipbulbs in floral refrigerator >> in fall before planing them in December. It is too warm to set flowers >> here. >> >