Since I'm not quite sure about growing Crocus in a warm climate like yours, I'll leave the cold treatment part to people in California who might know. However--your pots are plenty big enough. THAT much I know from personal experience--you can plant them so closely they almost touch. The only problem would be if they were on top of each other, and I don't think you have that many. If you want to plant the crocus in the pots with soil and put the whole thing in your fridge in the crisper, I know that works well--it's just then there isn't room for food in your crisper for however long the bulbs require pre-chilling.

Lisa

Hey! Just pot them up almost touching and place in the frige for 10 to 12 weeks. I just took my out of the fridge after 12 weeks and they already have about 1 & 1/2 inches of growth. I can not wait to see the show. Good luck!

so you mean i cant plant it outside my fridge? its pretty weired having food and dirt in the same section. if you mean the humidity controlled place, its wayyyy too small for my pot

I have never refrigerated crocus before planting and do not think it necessary for you. Mine return for two or three years and bloom when I have left them in the ground in the lawn area as long as I don't mow too early in the spring before the foliage energizes the bulbs for next year. Al

Al's message is precisely why I wanted to defer on the issue of cold treatment :-) I figured someone in a similar climate would know best. What works best for me seems to work nowhere else on the planet, not even two blocks away.

Lisa