We've discussed this on the list a number of times. It needs to be washed a number of times to get rid of the salts. I didn't look in the archives, but I may have posted this in the past. On one of our trips to South Africa we were helping Rod and Rachel Saunders with some pots. These were blooming size bulbs, not seed, but to my surprise they were potting them in a pure coir mix. Rod explained that bulbs grew really well in this mix, but you did need to be sure that the coir had been prewashed to rid it of salts and you needed to fertilize as there wouldn't be in nutrients in the mix. I've never tried it, but thought it interesting. By the way, when Gastil was helping us with the wiki she created some wonderful wiki pages including this one: https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… Mary Sue _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…