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Gardening

hollysmom

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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.

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I didn't get my bulbs planted before the snow! [View all] 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