Dear Jim, With Sternbergias I found the best period to be the end of June - early July. I think that it will be the same for Amaryllis belladonna and Nerine.b 5i just had a look at it : about 3 bulblet par quater bulb. Generally I find twin scaling too risky as the basal plate becomes very small and can dry out easily. I use vermiculite as filling material. At the moment I have small experiment going with a beautiful form of Amarine. Many thanks for letting share this interesting info. Greetings Lauw le 9/08/05 22:34, James Waddick à jwaddick@kc.rr.com a écrit : > There are still questions such as when is the best time of > the year to cut bulbs? Lauw de Jager Bulb'Argence Mas d'Argence 30300 Fourques France tel 31(0)466 016 519 fax 0466 011 245 http://www.bulbargence.com/