Re: fall sales-bulbs

I find this very interesting as the temps here reach the nineties for weeks
and dont seem to have the same problem ..
Perhaps too much summer rain there ?we are very dry here for many months.
Surprized they came up planted at 12-14"..
Their origins were cold winters long hot dry summers.(of course this was the
species not the hybrids of today)
Just curious.
Connie
Hal or Nancy Robinson wrote:

> I did some research into my failure with tulips several years ago and
> found that if I planted 12 to 14 " down to keep the tulip bulbs cooler
> they were suppose to not break up and keep growing.  The soil
> temperature (East Tennessee) here in the summer is 85 degrees which is
> way too hot for the tulips.  I believe the original information came
> from a research project in North Carolina. school.  The remedy is to
> PLANT DAFFODILS.  Double your money in one year.  That is a great return
> and not even risky.  And for those that don't like yellow, you can chose
> all white, white and pink, white and orange, white and red.  The
> critters don't eat the bulbs.  How would you ever know that my favorite
> flower is a daffodil?
>
> Nancy Robinson  East Tennessee zone 6b  Too hot and too dry here.  Fires
> on the mountains and need any extra rain anyone can send our way.
>
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