General information and discussion about cultivating fruit-bearing plants, trees, flowers and ornamental plants.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Hicksville, New York
Posts: 503
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I bought bags of crocus's dafs, tulips etc. I live in Long Island New York, When is the best time to plant them? I assume that Sept is too early?
Elliot |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Medbury, New Zealand
Posts: 1,881
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Once the ground gets cold thats the best time to start planting bulbs, then they should be ok till spring
Richard |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 65
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I'd like to suggest that you plant your Narcissus bulbs in September and make sure that you water them. They are one of the few bulbs that grow their roots early in the fall. If they are kept too dry, and their roots do not develop, they will not bloom the following spring.
Shirley |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Medbury, New Zealand
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Shirley I think you are some what right in saying that most winter bulbs are best planted earlier than later. If planted early (late summer)they should start growing a root system when they are ready to do so and then flower on time,but if planted later into winter they just don`t flower to the same quality come spring.
I know its not quite the same but thats a similar process i that i use in selecting my Garlic and walking onions,the first 30% or so that pop up the earliest in Autumn are then the only ones that i allocate to the next stage of the process of selection, but that a hole new thread in its self. Richard |
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