Thanks, all! I have planted them in small pots without any watering (soil just a bit moist) and will keep them in a cool, protected place. Fingers crossed that foliage will emerge in the fall after the first substantial rains. On Tue, Apr 4, 2023 at 7:17 PM Robert Parks via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Having "transplanted" many of these and other chaparral bulbs (rebuilding > trails many dozens parted from root and leaf). No resprouts if potted moist > nor any rotting, in fact no rotting under cool moist conditions all summer. > Storage warm dry, or cool dry/moist caused no effect on breaking dormancy > in the fall. > > They would probably do fine planted now, or as convenient over the summer > or fall for the rains. > > Robert > planting native bulbs in baskets so the damned gophers don't steal them > and cache them in bad places > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023, 6:48 PM Jack & Val Myrick via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > They are also native to the Sierra foothills where I live and where the > > temperatures can spend several > > months in the 100s. If they were mine, I’d also do what Jane advises. > > > > Val > > Sonora > > > > > On Apr 4, 2023, at 4:46 PM, Vince Scheidt via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, sorry I'm in San Diego. The summer should be very hot down here > and > > I > > > am also worried about rotting. I think it's probably too late for them > to > > > germinate new leaves this year. My first inclination is to keep them > > cool > > > and dry, and put them in the refrigerator when the temperature is get > > super > > > hot. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 4, 2023, 4:37 PM Jane McGary via pbs < > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > >> Vince does not say where he lives, so it's hard to give advice. In its > > >> native Pacific Northwest, I would just plant them in a rough area of > the > > >> garden. This is a very tolerant plant, still known to most of us as > > >> Dichelostemma capitatum. If the leaves are missing, there's no point > in > > >> watering the corms and they might rot, so they could be put in a pot > and > > >> set aside in a cool place until next fall, when, if surviving, they > can > > >> be planted out. > > >> > > >> Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > >> > > >> On 4/4/2023 3:29 PM, Vince Scheidt via pbs wrote: > > >>> I was given a couple of damaged Blue Dicks (*Dipterostemon > capitatus*) > > >>> corms today and I am unsure what to do with them. They had leaves, > but > > >> the > > >>> leaves were broken off, so just the corms at this point. Should I > > replant > > >>> them? Refrigerate them until next winter? Keep them dry until next > > >> winter? > > >>> Plant them and begin to water them? > > >>> > > >>> Vince > > >>> > > >>> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> pbs mailing list > > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > >> PBS Forum latest: > > >> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…