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 https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…