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Trim and clean up the bulb, particularly around the base plate, removing Peel off two scales together, attached to some of the base plate of the Plant the scales in rows in a tray filled with seed-raising mix, taking care
any old roots. Cut into quarters or eighths, depending on the size of the bulb. Use a clean, sharp knife to cut. It does not matter if you have three to cover the scales entirely. Water them in and keep the tray in a warm,
bulb. or more scales, but if you do not have part of the base plate attached, dark position until the spring. Don’t let the tray dry out. The bulblets will
the process will not work. In due course, a small bulblet will form between the form through the autumn and grow away in spring, so you only twin scale
two scales on the base plate. when the bulb is freshly dormant. It is too late to twin scale autumn bulbs,
because they are already in growth, but you can do the spring-flowering ones
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