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Old 07-12-2005, 12:56 PM posted to rec.gardens
Lynn
 
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Default Question about bulbs


Get busy,go plant them right now!

as long as you can dig it should be ok..move the snow aside and dig I seen
me plant tulips on Christmas morning and they bloomed in the spring. I am in
zone 5 as well
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Lynn


"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