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maineman
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Moving Spring bulbs-in Spring? Yikes!
Comments (7)Personally I like to move them when the tops are beginning to brown. At that point I can easily find them, I just move them like any leafy perennials. I just immediately replanting them wherever I want them to go..... unless it's a tulip. These I prefer to dig up, dry off, and replant in the fall. But just to be clear, the best method for nearly all spring bloomers is to wait till they die back, dig up, dry the bulbs, store dry during the summer and replant in early fall.... (it's just the other method fits into my own schedule better). -unless of course it's a specific bulb that doesn't like to dry off completely. Snowdrops and winter aconite come to mind....See Moreplanting spring bulbs in the spring?
Comments (6)Newbie, don't waste your time.....the reason why spring bulbs are planted when they are is because the bulb needs a particular temperature range to promote ROOTS. Without a root, the tulip, the crocus, the daffodil bulb is just fodder for squirrels, mice, skunks and whathaveya. You didn't plant them when you were supposed to. Now you pay. They are useless unless you can keep them in cold storage until next fall. Chances of that....keeping a bulb for 7 months...is pretty nil. The bulbs will dry out and be useless. Its forever being said ---"oh, that's alright, just plant them, they're tough, they'll probably just grow foliage until next season"....and so on and so on. They wont. I suggest you throw them into the compost pile now so that in the fall what comes from them, might be used in your garden to promote bulbs that have been properly planted. Next fall....write across your calendars....BUY BULBS PLANT BULBS. Do this for the months of September/October/November/December.....whenever you get around to purchasing them. But, when you purchase....plant them IMMEDIATELY....See Moreplanting spring bulbs in the spring
Comments (1)I'd put them in the refrigerator for a week, then plant them and see what they do. If they don't bloom this spring, they most likely will next spring....See MoreHave spring blooming bulbs-looking for spring blooming bulbs
Comments (6)Thanks to all who responded. The mediterranean bells have been spoken for but still up for trade are the 3 varieties of daffodils, as the offers I got I already had, or the items were not hardy in my zone. Please see my original wish list in the original post here, or at this point, I would also trade 3 bulbs of one variety for a single fan of a named iris. Anyone? Sue...See Moreveilchen
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