One possibility would be to put them in pots, water them just enough to
moisten the soil and place them in an area which is close to freezing (like
33 degrees) for about 10 weeks. Then put them in your shop at 50 degrees for
a week or so and they will probably start to put up foliage. After the
foliage has been up for a few weeks, you can move them into the house and
they should bloom shortly thereafter. It's worth a try, and would give you
some great indoor flowers in March.
"Donald Gares" wrote in message
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Ok, we purchased a bunch of tulips and daffodils from Brecks and then
never got them planted this fall. We are in zone 5 (extreme SE Iowa) where
it is currently 6 degrees F and falling with approximately 4 inches of
snow on the ground so they are not going in the earth until next spring.

Now what the heck do we do with them over the winter so that we can plant
them VERY early next spring and still have them bloom? we do have a small
unheated garden building that we could store them in.....wouldn'd that be
the same as having them in the cold earth? Of course we could put them in
our shop which is normally heated to about 50 degrees F. What do you all
recommend?

Thanks a bunch,

Don & Rhonda