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Location: Kentucky | I received 10 Tulip bulbs from a fundraiser. They look like they need to go into the ground, well, yesterday! It's going to be 22 degrees here as a high on Monday, with a low of -5. I do have some pots that I can put them in and keep them inside until the spring.
Do I plant them outside now, or plant them in the indoor pot and transfer them outside in the spring? |
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  More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | If it were me I'd put them in a dark cool place to keep them dormant. You could plant them in pots in the house also. |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-01 11:03 AM If it were me I'd put them in a dark cool place to keep them dormant. You could plant them in pots in the house also.
If I plant them in pots now, can I transfer them to the garden in the spring? |
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 The Non Sky Diver
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Location: SE Louisiana | Murphy - 2014-01-01 10:07 AM
CYA Ranch - 2014-01-01 11:03 AM If it were me I'd put them in a dark cool place to keep them dormant. You could plant them in pots in the house also.
If I plant them in pots now, can I transfer them to the garden in the spring?
Yes... |
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 Underestimated Underdog
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Location: Minnesota | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-01 10:03 AM
If it were me I'd put them in a dark cool place to keep them dormant. You could plant them in pots in the house also.
This is what I would do as well. My mom used to put all her bulbs in our crawl space and plant in the spring time. |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
Location: oklahoma | they need a cooling period to become active in the spring. That's why people put them in dark cool places. If they get too warm, they'll get mushyand ruin. Google, there's a lot of good info out there. :) |
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More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | Murphy - 2014-01-01 10:07 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-01-01 11:03 AM If it were me I'd put them in a dark cool place to keep them dormant. You could plant them in pots in the house also. If I plant them in pots now, can I transfer them to the garden in the spring?
You sure can. They might blossom in your pots in the house, then when it gets warm enough transplant to your garden. They might look dead and not do anything until next spring. |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
Location: oklahoma | Another thing that you can do is force branches to bloom, not anything with fruit of course, but its really neat. Soak them in the bathtub and keep them misted in a vase. I know, not what you asked, lol |
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
Location: oklahoma | CYA Ranch - 2014-01-01 10:49 AM
Murphy - 2014-01-01 10:07 AM CYA Ranch - 2014-01-01 11:03 AM If it were me I'd put them in a dark cool place to keep them dormant. You could plant them in pots in the house also. If I plant them in pots now, can I transfer them to the garden in the spring?
^ thisNvrmind my trip down memory lane. Ha |
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Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | I went ahead and potted them and put them in the house till spring :) |
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Any green thumbs out there?