Planting Bulbs?
Hi,
I planted loads of bulbs last weekend, daffs, snowdrops, muscari armerium, aliums and crocus's to be precise :) however they've started growing! :( Not one or two but loads of them is this a problem? Wont they just die in the cold, and if so that means they wont come up netx year? Anything i can do other than plant a load more next month? Thanks! Dan |
Planting Bulbs?
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Planting Bulbs?
: Hi,
: : I planted loads of bulbs last weekend, daffs, snowdrops, muscari : armerium, aliums and crocus's to be precise :) : : however they've started growing! :( Not one or two but loads of them : : is this a problem? Wont they just die in the cold, and if so that : means they wont come up netx year? Anything i can do other than plant : a load more next month? : : Thanks! : Dan They'll be fine, they always start about now but how do you know they've started? If they are showing through already I would say you have planted them far too shallowly. If you have then don't movbe them now but put them in much deeper after they die off next spring/summer |
Planting Bulbs?
yup they're showing, some by 3inches but they were planted according to the
instructions, so its very strange! just too early i guess, oh well! Might just plant some more in nov instead :) Cheers! Dan "Robert" wrote in message ... : Hi, : : I planted loads of bulbs last weekend, daffs, snowdrops, muscari : armerium, aliums and crocus's to be precise :) : : however they've started growing! :( Not one or two but loads of them : : is this a problem? Wont they just die in the cold, and if so that : means they wont come up netx year? Anything i can do other than plant : a load more next month? : : Thanks! : Dan They'll be fine, they always start about now but how do you know they've started? If they are showing through already I would say you have planted them far too shallowly. If you have then don't movbe them now but put them in much deeper after they die off next spring/summer |
Planting Bulbs?
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:49:24 +0100, Dan Keeley wrote:
I planted loads of bulbs last weekend, daffs, snowdrops, muscari armerium, aliums and crocus's to be precise :) however they've started growing! :( Not one or two but loads of them is this a problem? No. It's perfectly normal behavior. Most ordinary bulbs come from areas with dry summers and wet winters, and are actually winter-growing plants. Wont they just die in the cold?... No. They'll be just fine. ..and if so that means they wont come up next year? Only a few of the usual garden-centre bulbs are frost-tender: persian ranunculus being one, also the bigger ornithogalums, a few others. The rest are pretty hardy and can handle winter. Anything i can do other than plant a load more next month? Yes: relax and stop worrying. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada change "invalid" to "net" to respond |
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