Re: When to plant fall bulbs?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: When to plant fall bulbs?
- From: A* <a*@swbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:44:17 -0500
- References: <85256686.00471EAC.00@teamzeon.com>
Here in the Texas (zone 7/8), the local horticulturists have told me not to
plant bulbs until the soil temperature drops below 40F. For me, that's
sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Amy
> All I can find in the books is to plant in the fall. They
> say nothing about waiting for frost. What has been your experience? I have
> sandy loam, part shade, and the night temps are about 8 to 10 degrees
> Celcius this time of year. Day temps are about 15 to 20 degrees C. Has my
> work this week been for nothing?
> Susan Leard, zone 5
> Prince Edward Island, Canada
>
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