It means your girls are going to get a real workout and possibly get injured. Watch for bald spots on the back of their heads or necks. And if a girl is getting jumped too often she can drown. The males can be darn vicious during mating and more than one will chase and attack the female. Your right about what the ratio should be. You need at least 10 to 15 MORE females or get rid of all the boys 'cept one. Sorry, I know it's not what you want to hear. But it will break your heart just the same watching your girls get raped relentlessly. And the males will fight. Rarely are there injuries but it also is stressful to witness. If you can't bear to part with them, perhaps you could seperate them during mating season. The boys will get along without any fighting if there are no females around.

I cannot really tell you of my success with my bulbs-- or any plant for that matter. I do know that when I'm outside on a hot summer's day and the sun is beating down on me it is incredibly strong-- so much so that you can feel it searing your skin. At the same time, you can see how the plants just thrive in it. Some people hardly water their bulbs at all in the summer when they're taken outside. Here it is too dry. If I let nature water them I'd have no bulbs as you can see them wilting even in the morning sun! So they get a lot of water-- but they also dry out by the sunset-- ergo no rott. I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania-- growing all manner of things is in my genes-- but back in PA, the sun was not as strong-- nor did grass grow under our huge maple trees. Here in Colorado, plants tend to do better under trees-- and I think it is directly a result of the sun's intensity here. Rarely does a day go by without our UV index pegging 10. I do agree with Maria when she said it is the quality of the light the plant receives as I position my bulbs so they get morning and afternoon sun-- never mid-day when the sun is simply over-powering. My inlaws also have an alpaca ranch-- so a little alpaca poop does wonders for these babies! I'm off to enjoy my Elvas now...see yahs!

Dawn- one of the benefits of country living. You just can't put a price on sitting on the patio in your niteshirt. Jay, I'm with you on the "casual" attire. I see people in their p.j.s and fuzzy slippers, in town and I just can't get past it. Has to laugh when I saw the link and read that I should write down what I do on that day , and my thoughts and all that, and send it to the local paper. Tried to think of what some of those locals might do if they read that in the paper. Not to mention that my folks would have the head-liner torn smooth out of their caskets if I did anything like that. and rightly so. Mom always cautioned me not to do anything that I did not want to read about in the paper. which meant not to do anything that SHE would not want to read in the paper. LOL mo

Here's a welcome from me to Becky! Sorry, I got confused, too, about how many new members we had. I now have you added to our member list. I hope you want to join in on the October Swap. Let me know. I was re-reading the posts and found I called Anita "Annie" back when she was talking about planting her bulbs. Sorry, Anita. You mentioned Annie in your message and I got confused there for a minute! LOL It happens every now and then. Anyway, I am posting the list one more time so you can recheck it. I will be looking to see who you sent to in September so it will be different for October. It's 47 degrees outside here this morning. The temperatures just dropped like that all of a sudden. Maybe fall will make a mad dash and arrive here making us forget all about summer! OUR MEMBER LIST - And those signed up for this swap Amybabyboy Beth_b_Kodiak Brittneysgran - yes for October Cedarnest Debbya - yes for October dieg01991 - yes for October Dirtundermynails - yes for October Earthly Delight Hazelnutbunny - yes for October Swap Ilovefarac lil green thumb LLbean Lunamoon margaret_2007 - Yes for October Mellen - Yes for October Missg - No for October Momcat Nyvoices99 - No for October proudgm_03 Raggedyann - No for October Remy - yes for October Sandlapper Rose - yes for October Squanzon - yes for October Skohler - yes for October Susandonb Theresa24 - yes for October Veeja11 - yes for October Wynative - no for October Jeanne