Bulbs: Propogating Lily bulbs- it worked for me! (:, 0 by cici77

cici77 wrote:
hello, i tried a method from a propogating book i have that descibes how to propogate lily bulbs, take a zip lock baggie and fill it with about an inch and a half of peat, wet the peat down so it is moist, take the scales from a lily bulb and place it ontop of the peat.. some i just set on the top , others i put just a corner of the scale in the peat maybe a quarter of an inch down in , zip the baggie almost shut, blow air into the baggie to inflate it as much as it will go, and zip the baggie shut... place in a cool dark place (about 60 degrees F. ) , leave for a few weeks and whalla, u will have little bulbs growing off of the scales , i put mine in a cubboard that always stays cool.. i did this around the first days of dec. , forgot about them and just happened to go into that cubboard yesterday and notice that i have baby bulbs!!!!! the book suggests using a funguside on the scales, i didnt have any , and these scales had fallen off of some lily bulbs during shipping... so i figured , why not... i'll give it a try.. and now i am glad i did!!! (: here is a pic below of the baby bulbs growing on the top scales.. i havent checked all the scales.. just what i can see without disturbing them.. anyway check it out...(:
chrissy