I’ve had reasonable luck sowing them right in with the mother plant…just sprinkling them on the surface and watering in. Carlo A. Balistrieri President/CCO The Botanical Gardening Group 262.490.6163 carlobal@gmail.com http://www.botanicalgardening.com/ http://www.carlobalistrieri.com/ IG: carlobalistrieriphotography Helping you cure plant blindness one garden at a time > On Sep 10, 2021, at 8:45 PM, Erin Grace via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Hi, Bob > > Congratulations! > > Your best bet is to sow them when as fresh as possible, using either the > flotation method or immersing the pot in an inch or so of water so that it > stays saturated. I keep the mix fairly gritty. > > I did really well one year keeping the seedling pots in the greenhouse all > winter standing in saucers of water with a TINY bit of highly diluted > 20-20-20 fertilizer added. It gave them a great head start. > I got the idea from a post on this forum, I'll try to hunt it up and repost > if I can find it. > > I've never tried refrigerating them and knowing the plants I doubt that > would be a good idea. I have had some success with seeds overwintered in > envelopes left on my bulletin board when life got in the way. Definitely a > lower germination rate than when fresh. > > Erin Grace > Thomasville, Georgia, USA > > >> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021, 2:40 PM Robert Lauf via pbs < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Two of my Zephyranthes have produced seeds. Can I start them now and let >> them grow in the greenhouse over the first winter? Store in the fridge and >> plant in spring? Put in the fridge for a few weeks and then start in the >> greenhouse? Plant in promix or float on water? >> Bob Oak Ridge, TN >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>