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plant bulbs now?
  • I missed bulb-planting season in the fall. But now we're having this warm spell - is it worth trying to plant them now? What are the odds that I'll get any spring flowers?
  • Who knows this year. With the warmth my daffodils are not just sprouting, they actually have bud on them.
  • You **may** have to wait till next year for flowers, and they **may** not survive at all, but chances are better if you plant them than if you don't. : ) Most bulbs are very tough characters, and they **may** do just fine, if they're still sound (no soft spots, still looking good).
  • Plant them, otherwise they will likely just rot away in the package you bought them in. I've often planted in Dec. and had flowers in the spring.
  • I would plant them, because they might not last until the next good planting season (in the fall). I planted bulbs in a warm spell one January, and most of them did come up and flower that year. Go for it.
  • Zoinks - same here re: daffodils. Think they will survive if we get a cold snowy winter? Maybe I should just dump a lot of dirt on them so they'll go back to hibernation?
  • I'm planting bulbs tonight. I had construction that took a bit longer than expected, so the bulbs didn't go in late-Nov as planned and the ground was a bit too hard in December.

    My existing in-ground bulbs are sticking up several inches. They are very confused.
  • Last year I planted a bunch of bulbs in February and they bloomed late, but they bloomed fine.
  • stuck a bunch in the ground today. cross your fingers we have enough cold weather for them to even THINK about blooming.
  • I went out and divided my Irises today it was so warm!
  • I went out and divided my Irises today it was so warm!



    Damn. Now I feel guilty about not dividing my irises this year and ignoring this obvious chance to do it now. Grrr.