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Bulb Planting
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I am wondering if anyone out there could tell me if it is too late to plant bulbs now. I have many Iris and dafodils and tulip bulbs that were purchased in October. They have been stored in a cool dak place since. Any advice regarding the use of these would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you. |
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We moved house last march and in April/ May time I planted what I thought were ( I forget the name but something like "Chimcherees"). They were, in fact, daffodils. And they did come up and flowered, in about August. They formed a bit of a talking point! |
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As I say though, there will no doubt be more proficient gardeners on this forum who will have more of an idea, but that was just from my experience. |
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Bulb Planting
On 2/6/2011 8:13 AM, GrowGuru wrote:
Hi There. I am wondering if anyone out there could tell me if it is too late to plant bulbs now. I have many Iris and dafodils and tulip bulbs that were purchased in October. They have been stored in a cool dak place since. Any advice regarding the use of these would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you. Whether it is "too late to plant" is probably less important than "is there going to be a better time to plant?". Face it, the bulbs aren't getting any younger and it is unlikely that any time in the future will be a better time than right now to get them into the ground. If you plant them and they don't perform well, at least they will be performing far better than they will in the "cool da[r]k place". If you wait until the traditional Autumn planting season you can be sure that the situation won't improve any. My idiot daffodils are breaking ground now along with a hyacinth or two and a sprinkling of crocuses. I'm sure that, given our sporadic weather, that they will all have their tender little tips frozen solid before long. That is a perfect reason for planting bulbs by the hundreds wherever you can get away with it -- some always survive. With luck the 150 English bluebells I planted last year will make an appearance this Spring and reward me for my hard labor. Those bulbs are hard to come by over here but I keep thinking back to the splendor of the meadows and woods full of them that I saw while walking across Cumbria and Northumberland so I keep planting them hoping to finally find a site which they can tolerate. |
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The best way to deal with bulbs will be plant them in Autum when you are supposed to then!!!! I have a few hundred bulbs that I will plant tomorrow!! Thanks for the advise...... |
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Do I plant them with the sprout pointing up or down...........? |
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