Plant it outside in the garden for the summer. These offsets will need to bulk up to bloom Rimmer > On Apr 29, 2024, at 6:06 PM, Elaine J via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I was very excited to receive an Ismene hawkesii bulb. But I’ve a dilemma. > > I was about to plant it but remembered I’m going away the whole of June > till mid July. > > I will have someone come in to water plants once week. However I read (may > be wrong info) that it needs to be consistently wet , ie. It may not > survive drying out. > > I’m in 9b in SF Peninsula where there’s low humidity and temps are high 70s > to high 80s . > > Im thinking of keeping the planted. I’ll in a pot indoors. > > Should I plant now or wait till after I return in mid-July? > > And when it sprouts, should I put it outdoors? > > -Elaine J. > _____________________________________ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…