James; If you are growing alpines, then you don't live in Dixie! Maybe you don't have the mosquito problem we always have in the southern parts of the country each summer. The soil gnats are bad here too; I just learned that controlling the mosquitoes in my water supply has likely taken care of the gnat problem in the soil in my pots, so for once, I won! Don Kuonen _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…