Bulb pots going dormant - how long before I bare root them?

[petershaw]

I have too many seeded pots and need to condense and dispose of lots of younger bulbs and some older ones I don't really have room for.

I am in a cool coastal are south of SF.

The foliage has yellowed, withered and removed to prevent botrytis.

I want to unpot them soon and package them in small paper bags.

I should have lots to send to the bulb exchange even though I did not renew my membership (I cant stop buying more bulbs and seeds   .

[Arnold]

Peter 

Once the foliage yellows I take this as a sign the bulb is dormant.  My SA bulbs spend their summers in a cool basement.  Completely dry for the summer.  The basement is a bit damp as are most here in the NE during summers.

[Robert_Parks]

Same. Also mild coastal. I typically lift almost all the winter growers with deciduous roots (some amaryllids stay potted, stashed in a corner dry).

Depending on the species, the roots may be early or late deciduous, if I unpot something with lots of roots, I just put it back in the pot and set it aside for a month or so. Right now most of the Oxalis are down, but a lot of irids are still active or flowering.

As I am in the midst of a move, I'll be potting summer growers at the new place, and lifting winter growers from the old place, to minimize how much of the collection doesn't have to be moved in pots.

Robert
beautiful pleasant day on the normally foggy windy west side of the San Francisco high peaks

[petershaw]

Thank you both

Peter