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Chipping is suitable for chionodoxa, narcissus, and hippeastrums.
Scaling is similar and is generally used in lily culture.
After the foliage dies down, select large, firm bulbs and trim off their tops and roots, and remove the brown outer skins.
Cut them lengthways into segments or 'chips' each with a piece of the base plate attached.
With lilies, remove the scales from as near the base of bulb as is possible, then treat as 'chip' segments.
Soak the chips in a fungicide solution, then mix in some damp vermiculite in a polythene bag.
Inflate the bag, seal the top and keep in a warm place e.g. an airing cupboard.
It may take up to three months for tiny bulbils to form on the chips, when they do, plant them up individually into 50mm (2") pots and grow them on at a temperature of 10°C (50°F).
They should produce leaves the following year.
Allow the leaves to die back, pot them up if necessary and grow on for another couple of years before planting them out into their final quarters
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