They do not go into the fridge. The fridge (4 to 7 deg Celsius) is only meant to prolongedly store prestored mature bulbs in order to delay the further elongation of scapes out of the bulbs, which would require immediate potting up and forcing respectively. For Winter storage of bulbs, no matter whether bulblets or mature bulbs, temperatures of 9 to 17 deg Celsius are appropriate. perfectly 13 deg Celsius, at least for mature bulbs, at which temperature the preformed scapes within the bulbs elongate with maximum speed.

I thought I would post an update to my situation... after having thermostat things replaced, things were working better but still not normally. Now I would say we are back to square one. I can't depend on the oven to keep temp. I couldn't dream of getting it to do 450 degrees and stay there. The holidays are coming and I'll plan our cooking around it. People have posted here considering purchasing Big Chill and I would never recommend buying BIg Chill. Their customer service is terrible, nearly non-existent. Something is very wrong with their engineering (Bluestar) since a gas oven isn't exactly rocket science. The cheap tin can GE range that the Big Chill replaced worked a million times better. In our previous house we installed a Viking dual fuel. It was solid as a rock, never had an issue with it. Why did we buy Big Chill? If I'm being honest, it was because they look great. Beautiful colors, great styling. I did a little research but come on, would anyone expect all these troubles from a gas oven range? We are considering buying an induction range. It would be really easy to buy a Big Chill Induction in French Blue to replace our lemon. But I won't be taking that chance. This time around I will maybe have to forego the looks for something that works. I just don't want to take another gamble on Big Chill.

Climate zone 10 (probably on the border between 10a/10b), less than 150 hours of chill. Blenheim Apricot produced 11 fruits, though only about 5 of them fully developed. The tree had been planted in the ground only 2 years before that, so I'd say that's pretty good. Rainier cherry in partial shade seems to have no problem blossoming, Bing cherry tree appears to be able to grow just fine, and there were maybe 10 blossoms on it last year. Still too young for fruit though, I'll have to let you know. Two months ago I grafted a small branch of Royal Minnie on it, so there is a possibility that might help induce the tree to be able to fruit, wake it up faster from its dormancy. The graft took and that branch is now bursting full of blossoms and leafing. The lack of chill isn't a total curse here, it is possible to grow most types of tropical fruits (growing a banana and lychee tree, and there's someone not that far from here with a huge starfruit tree in their backyard). It's the type of place people are more likely to have an orange tree or avocado, but almost never an apple or plum tree. There are a few people around here who've planted a low-chill Babcock peach, but I've never seen much fruit in these trees. A long time ago in the 40s, there used to be commercial orchards of Blenheim apricots around here. But I think the region gets a lot less winter chill than it used to due to all the development that has happened and asphalt paved surfaces.

Finally my list of completed swaps: Jeanne and Kim send to each other - both received Annie and Nicole send to each other - both received Sharon sends to Ruth - received Ruth sends to Amy - received Amy sends to Sharon - received All the swaps that were sent were wonderful! I'll get the prizes mailed out this week. Just a little something but I appreciate the time you took to play the games. That wraps up the swap but if anyone has Fall pictures to share or a costume or Halloween plans to share, we will watch to see if anything else shows up here to wrap up this month. Usually I decorate but with the move ahead, no decorating this year. Maybe I will pull out one of my ceramic pumpkins if I can locate it pretty quickly. Did anyone try any of the frozen drinks? What did you think of it? Happy Halloween or Happy October to all! (By the way Shirley in NC signed up to be hostess for Nov. I don't know if she is still participating and I really worry that she may be in the area damaged by all the flooding. If anyone has heard from her, let us know if she is okay. I'm guessing we will just post discussion and pictures for the month, but I'll wait and see if I hear back from her. Of course, if I don't hear back and someone wants to host November, let me know.)