Hi timbershort, Welcome to Garden Web and The Bulb Forum. There is a Exchange side of the forum here...just click the link above the list of threads Switch to Exchange. Well, now I see you found it and even posted to a thread, but the thread is a year old. Before trying to do any trading I would suggest you get your email link set up on your Member Page so you can be reached. I also suggest that you update your Member Page so it shows your location in the one box provided for the garden zone. See I am zone 5/6 S IN Many members, myself included will not respond to trade posts if the member does not have their location on their member profile. It is a postage, days in transit, hardiness, etc thing that is considered. By placing your location in your zone box, it will be displayed on your Member Page, and it will automatically be shown whenever you post. It is good info to have whenever asking or answering questions. Please see addressing newbie and newer member issues for instructions on getting both your email link and your location set up. Oh...one last thing. After you get set up for tading (link and location) you might want to make a trade post at The (main) Plant Exchange. It is a lot more active than the other specialty exchanges like here at Bulbs. hth. Sue...chemocurl

I have both. Mostly red amarylis and multiple daylilies. In particular, I have an old named variety that reblooms, takes no care and is red/yellow. I am dividing the clump now. I would like strawberry plants in trade. Thanks, MaryAnn

She just sent me this E-mail "I told you that my cousin took those picture of the plants last year...Yes, I did say that. I shipped out everything I said I was going to ship out for trades...I haven't received anything from anyone yet either so I don't like what you are accusing me of and I think you need to quit starting trouble for people who aren't trying to do anything wrong. I haven't stopped responding to anyones emails.... I answer every email as they come in ....Wow, can stories be told." This is one of her first e-mails to me about the pictures "Yes those pictures are mine...I had them taken over a year ago and had my cousin build me a website ,but, then times got hard and I let the website go. No, I'm not trying to pull a fast one on you ... I don't believe in doing things Like that.... I don't know where you seen my pictures but they are mine...I've seen other pictures of mine being used on plant swap sites that were mine also. If you are not interested then fine... I'm sure there are others that are and from How you are acting these are very very rare .... SO, I really got lucky when he sent them to me. It's up to you... My loss can be your gain "

Hello, geekgranny - Well, I think you answered your own question about the ones growing in the box. I've found they do just fine, as long as I get to them before they've grown more than about three inches. (I've actually never purchased any that have grown more than that, so I don't know what happens with them.) Good for you for rescuing these! I find that many first-year Hippeastrum don't bloom at their normal height. I don't know why. As for the red stuff, that depends on what it is. There's a great thread here, started by Anna_in _Quebec, about different kinds of red markings and what they mean for the health of the bulb. If you do have red blotch, not just red patches, there are various ways to combat it. You might start--even if you don't think there's actual red blotch, the fungal disease, on the bulbs--by spraying the bulbs, especially at the point where the leaves emerge, with Safer soap. Hippeastrum expert Hans-Werner says that red blotch is a secondary infection; the primary damage comes from bulb mites, which are present on pretty much all commercially available Hippeastrum. So if you decrease the population of bulb mites, you decrease the chance of a secondary infection of red blotch. Hans-Werner, by the way, does not use Safer soap to combat bulb mites, but I believe others here (and on the Bulbs forum) have found it helpful, and it's safe to use in the house. Good luck with the Scheeper's order. It's supposed to warm up a little this weekend, here in southern New England (finally!). Good news for shipments of tender bulbs. (Sorry, Maureen, for taking the thread off-topic.) Amanda Here is a link that might be useful: 'Red patch on bulb' thread