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sockiescat · 26-01-2006, 01:05 AM

QUOTE=Vox Humana "zxcvbob" wrote in message
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Madgardener's post is a good lead-in to my question. :-)

I bought a huge bag of fancyish tulip bulbs on clearance in late November
because the weather had been warmer than usual and the ground was still
soft. Well, the very night that I bought them the temperature plunged and
the ground froze. The bulbs are still in the bag in my basement. The
weather has been unseasonably warm the whole month of January, but still
below freezing.

Is it worth refrigerating the bulbs and then planting them at the first
thaw in spring? Or should I plant them now in a huge pot and sit it out
in the garage (where it will take a *long* time to freeze if the weather
holds.) Or should I throw them away? I only paid a couple of dollars for
70 bulbs, but I hate to throw *anything* out. (you should see my
basement)

I have planted tulips as late as New Years Day here in zone 6 and they did
just fine. I always buy my bulbs when they go on deep discount. I wouldn't
throw them away. Put them in the ground or in pots. I'm sure they will be
fine.

maddie here is something that u might try if u have a section of flowerbed that is heavily mulched the ground might not be totally frozen if not then open a section and just put the bulbs in there for now they need to be in the ground i think anyways.
the other option u have is to put your bulbs in pots then take them to the flowerbeds and plant down as far as u can then cover them with a mulch to help keep the pots from heaving.
what u do if the ground is frozen is pour boiling water on the ground enough to get it to thaw some dig it then sink your pots in.
hope this helps u some. good luck, sockiescat.