Many thanks for all the suggestions and specific advice. I'll give it a go next year and will try to remember to report the results on this forum for the curious. The issue of bulbs taking time to adjust to a different hemisphere is an intriguing one. I have a few Gladiolus and Ledebouria from the same source and they all made the transition with aplomb. Tom On 6 Sep 2010, at 18:23, pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 16:40:08 +0100 > From: "Nick de Rothschild" <nick@exbury.co.uk> > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Twinscaling Nerine > Message-ID: <9D0C7FB3B94E4CF58BA2321F4A9A5258@NickPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > We've tried twinscaling nerines and had a high success rate June- > July using > Jeyes fluid dip to kill pathogens then slightly damp vermiculite in an > airtight ziplock bag in the dark ....Four months later bulblets! > > Nikko