Thursday, January 26, 2012

How do I repot bulbs?

Thanks to some rotten advice from Gardeners' World, I planted a pot of bulbs with three layers: tulips, crocuses, and daffodils. The crocuses and daffodils were meant to come up first, but because of the mild spell, everything's come up together and there's not enough room in the pot. Can I carefully dig out the tulips and pot them somewhere else or is it too late?

How do I repot bulbs?
You should be able to take the whole thing out of the pot, seperate them, and either put them in seperate pots, or into the ground. If you want to pot different types of bulbs in one pot, don't put them in layers, but put each bulb at its appropriate depth in the soil. If you put your bulbs in pots, you can put them in a cool place to slow down growth when you have an unseasonably warm bit of weather, such as in a garage, or on the north side of your home (in the northern hemisphere). It's easiest if you use plastic pots rather than clay pots, as plastic pots are so much lighter and easier to deal with.
Reply:Yes
Reply:yes i heard this advice too and yesterday inbetween snow showers i managed to repot they still look ok this am careful tho dont slice into bulbs


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