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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Wisconsin, zone 4b
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I just bought more flowers on clearance!
This time it was bulbs from Aldi. It was an unbeatable deal so I had to pick them up. I have Daffodils, Tulips, Alliums, and Crocus. Can I still put them in the ground? Or should I pot them up over winter to keep them? Or maybe keep in the fridge? |
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Tomatovillian™
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Obviously too late to get blooms and they have to go through cold to bloom anyway.
At least tulips. This is how they force tulips to bloom. Will the bulbs over winter in the soil there? I just looked and yes they will I thought they would. Do you want these in containers or in the yard? If in the yard plant them now. Worth Worth Last edited by Worth1; October 18, 2015 at 12:53 AM. |
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Join Date: May 2014
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I see that Worth looked them up. Plant the hell out of them. I trust Worth.
With bulbs, I always planted them and left them alone. It seems they like that. |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
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It's getting a bit late but plant them right away, the correct depth. Add some bone meal to the area and mulch them well to keep the ground from freezing solid until it's really cold. That way they should have at least a couple of weeks to settle in and make some roots before the ground freezes solid.
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Thank you! I will get them in (today and tomorrow). I have nearly 200 Daffs and about 40 each of the Crocus and Tulips. I'm going to be doing a LOT of digging to prep my new flower beds for winter over the next week.
Karen O, how much bone meal should I use? Just a handful in each planting hole? Mulch with leaves okay? |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Sterling Heights, MI Zone 6a/5b
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Yeah, it's not too late I have not even started planting mine yet, although I'm warmer than you are. Fall is when you plants bulbs. well most bulbs, some are planted in the spring, some in the summer. I myself do not use bone meal. It takes way too long to break done. I use compost.
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My soil never freezes here but I do mulch with leaves to protect some tender plants I have.
This allows them to come back a lot better each year. If I were you I would pile as many leaves as I could on each bed. If they stay there all winter you can always gently remove them in the spring. Worth |
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