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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sat Jan 12, 2013, 03:26 PM Jan 2013

I didn't get my bulbs planted before the snow!

I have a sheltered porch that can keep them at around freezing or I can keep them against a cold wall in the house - about 50-60 degrees.

Do I plant them during a thaw, wait until Spring, or give up completely?

I should mention - our ground rarely freezes here because we get heavy snow cover before it freezes or else we're in a thaw.

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I didn't get my bulbs planted before the snow! (Original Post) hedgehog Jan 2013 OP

if your bulbs have been exposed to very cold air for several weeks hollysmom Jan 2013 #1

Thank-you! I got caught by a Sjorgren's flare and a death in the family, hedgehog Jan 2013 #3

It worked when we dug through the snow to plant 6" down. In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #2

I think you can plant them during a thaw and they'll be fine. Arkansas Granny Jan 2013 #4

I read somewhere long ago that they need 6 weeks of cold/dark RainDog Jan 2013 #5

Plant them as soon as you can. Curmudgeoness Jan 2013 #6

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

1. if your bulbs have been exposed to very cold air for several weeks

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 03:33 PM

Jan 2013

you can plant them and they will bloom, I do that all the time. And I did it again this yearh, cough cough. But we are having a thaw now, so I may just put them in tomorrow.

If they have not been exposed tot he cold, put the bulbs in the fridge for 6 weeks.

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

3. Thank-you! I got caught by a Sjorgren's flare and a death in the family,

Reply to hollysmom (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 03:37 PM

Jan 2013

so I only got half the front planted.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. It worked when we dug through the snow to plant 6" down.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 03:36 PM

Jan 2013

I've never had success wintering over bulbs above ground.

Do you have any flowerpots that can withstand being out in the weather?

Arkansas Granny

(31,871 posts)

4. I think you can plant them during a thaw and they'll be fine.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 03:44 PM

Jan 2013

The big deal about fall planting is so you get them in before the ground freezes.

RainDog

(28,784 posts)

5. I read somewhere long ago that they need 6 weeks of cold/dark

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 03:55 PM

Jan 2013

you can always pot them in planters and then pot them in the ground next year.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

6. Plant them as soon as you can.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 02:19 PM

Jan 2013

They will probably do well. But if you are too late getting them in the ground, they will still grow, they just may not bloom this year, but they will still be alive and well.

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