wow! Thank you so much for your help.How did you figure it out?How do I get the bulblets?

once they die back in summer, the main bulb multiplies or breaks into mulptiple bulbs. so wait until all the foliage is dead and carefully lift them. they multiply quite rapidly and once they flower it is easy to germinate the seed. it's best to keep the bulbs in a cool dry place and to dust with sulphur to avoid insects eating the bulb in it's rest period. keep the bulbs well "air-ated". what works best is to place them in a mesh sack/bag and to hang them up in the garage.
on ur question...i read it in old garden book that is out print, Wild Flowers of Southern Africa by Sima Eliovson...and it makes sense as the soils here in the southern cape are nitrogen defficient!
i read somewhere on this web page that apparently freesia's do very well in texas...so once u fix this problem next year this time you'll have some beauties!
keep me posted!