Re: When does Mother Nature plant fall bulbs?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: When does Mother Nature plant fall bulbs?
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:13:00 EDT
In a message dated 9/23/98 1:14:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Meum71@aol.com
writes:
<< The question I have about planting times for bulbs is -- if bulbs should be
planted in the late late fall-then what about the bulbs that are already in
the ground from the past years that I have planted?
>>
An excellent question and one debated in daffodil circles. When I dig a clump
to separate them, I always replant the ones i am keeping immediately with no
adverse effect. As you say, that's where they'd be anyway. I wonder if
removing them from the soil for some time changes their internal clock and
makes them more susceptible to rot if subsequently replanted while the soil is
too hot. Most of the daffodil growers think that moisture is the trigger for
new root growth in the fall although root growth frequently occurs earlier and
sometimes never stops depending on cultivar and conditions.
For as long as we've been growing bulbs, you'd think we'd know more about what
is going on underground, wouldn't you?
Bill Lee
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