Cynthia, I float my Hfippeastrum seeds and transfer the sprouts into Jiffy 7 coir pellets, which I place in 2" pots, & grow them out for 1 years that way. I seldom have any problems with mold & of course you can always use a fungicide if a individual shows an sign of mold. Karl Church Dinuba z9b On Oct 26, 2015 5:20 AM, "Cynthia Mueller" <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> wrote: > Ina, do you boil your water first before placing the seeds into moist > perlite? I have two seedlings of Hipp. Harrisonii (1.5 inch leaves) that > I've begun to change from a "normal" environment to growing in wet soil > from then on. But at this point a person wonders about a possible mold > attack. And, I sometimes wonder if very young plants need the presence of > certain soil microbes in order to thrive. And, what about the concept that > plant roots need oxygen? We need more plant scientists in our bulb > community... > > Cynthia W Mueller > > > On Oct 25, 2015, at 11:06 PM, Ina Crossley <klazina1@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I received 10 seeds, one went mouldy, 9 are doing fine. > > > > I used the damp perlite method in sealed clear container. Others may > have done it differently. The sedlings are almost ready to be planted up. > > > > I think the success rate for the others is about the same. > > > > Ina Crossley > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >