Re: Bulb abuse
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- Subject: Re: Bulb abuse
- From: "* T* <m*@clark.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 04:24:19 -0400
When I dig up bulbs in summer, I just replant them immediately. Actually,
I do this whenever I've dug them - after bloom, with or without foliage,
dormant - whenever. I've never understood why one is supposed to store
them and then plant in fall. Anybody know? I get bloom the following
spring from re-planting in summer. The only time I don't get bloom is when
I've dug daffs while they still had foliage, and that's not all the time -
sometimes they even bloom the following year after that. Of course, there
are some bulbs, like Galanthus, who seem to prefer being dug in the green.
Seems to me that the bulb, being dormant, would be better off in the ground
than hanging around somewhere I am sure to forget it until it's dried out
or moldy. Besides, if it was in the ground and is replanted immediately
in the ground - what's the difference - when it's dormant? Inquiring minds
and all that...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Lisa Flaum <osthill@htc.net>
> Date: Monday, July 20, 1998 3:05 PM
>
> I have quite a few bulbs that I unearthed this spring and want to move
> somewhere else. I asked the rock garden curator at the MO Botanical
> garden how to store them for fall planting. She said just to keep them
dry
> and plant them in the fall. Don't refrigerate them as it might give them
> enough of a cold period that the bulbs will try to sprout when planted in
> the fall. She keeps them in an otherwise empty flowerpot on her desk. I
> am opting for the front porch-free of rain and direct sun and at about
the
> temp that the bulbs would experience in the ground.
> Lisa
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