have had a beautiful display of snowdrops, crocus, daffodils, tulips in different containers which have finished flowering. I've removed the dead flowers to stop seed-heads appearing but now i want to put something else in the containers.

how do i keep them over the summer months until i replant in autumn? I have a cellar which will stay dark and relatively cool, so is it just a case of removing the bulbs & leaves from container, letting the leaves die back and bulbs dry out and then keeping cool & dry over summer?

or do i have to let the leaves die back naturally in containers before removing?

thanks 4 your help

Tiger303 wrote:
have had a beautiful display of snowdrops, crocus, daffodils, tulips in
different containers which have finished flowering. I've removed the
dead flowers to stop seed-heads appearing but now i want to put
something else in the containers.

how do i keep them over the summer months until i replant in autumn? I
have a cellar which will stay dark and relatively cool, so is it just a
case of removing the bulbs & leaves from container, letting the leaves
die back and bulbs dry out and then keeping cool & dry over summer?

or do i have to let the leaves die back naturally in containers before
removing?


Hi, I ususally plant them somwhere in the garden and leave them to
"regenerate" until the leaves die back. I consider that they are
probably not good enough for another season in a container, but
sometimes, they still give a nice display in the garden.

Philippe

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Tiger303 writes
have had a beautiful display of snowdrops, crocus, daffodils, tulips in
different containers which have finished flowering. I've removed the
dead flowers to stop seed-heads appearing but now i want to put
something else in the containers.

how do i keep them over the summer months until i replant in autumn? I
have a cellar which will stay dark and relatively cool, so is it just a
case of removing the bulbs & leaves from container, letting the leaves
die back and bulbs dry out and then keeping cool & dry over summer?

or do i have to let the leaves die back naturally in containers before
removing?

The leaves that are green now are building up food reserves in the bulb
which will allow the bulbs to flower next year. If you encourage the
leaves to die back prematurely you will stop this process reduce your
chances of flowering next year, and over several years the bulbs will
shrink in size.

--
Kay Easton

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