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aida
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aida asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 1 decade ago

What to do with tulip bulbs that didn't get planted last fall?

I recently found a bag of tulip bulbs that I bought last fall and then mislaid. What's the best thing to do with them now? Plant them outside anyway? (I live in central Maryland.) Plant them in pots indoors? Wait until fall? Any other options?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    If they have not dried out and are still firm, plant them them. In the ground is the best place for them, and tho they will not bloom this year, they should be fine for next spring. It would be really hard just to store them and have them still viable next fall, by that tiime they would be either dried out or mushy and rotted. Yoiu know, they spend all their seasons in the ground, so that is where they should be, whether it is the "right" time to plant or not.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    that's executed, yet do no longer assume each and every tulip to flower to its finished means next 365 days. i'm going to permit you comprehend a secret: drying out is what unquestionably kills or damages maximum tulip bulbs, so which you ought to which you get them into the floor as rapidly as you could after paying for them interior the fall. and that i'll permit you comprehend yet another secret: a large form of persons do no longer comprehend that a newly planted tulip mattress loves a stable soaking. that's incredibly the roots which you incredibly prefer to initiate coming up interior the fall. Tulip bulbs won't frequently sprout leaves or flower buds till they have been placed by using a organic cooling era interior the wintry climate. that's the set off that helps leaf/stem/flower production. stable success which comprise your tulip plantings!

  • 1 decade ago

    I would just go ahead and plant them, as long as the bulbs are not soft you have a good chance of getting some tulips. They may be kind of raggedty the first year but I think they would be okay.

  • 1 decade ago

    Go ahead and try to salvage them by planting. If they were stored in a dark place with a temperature between 32-50 they might bloom for you this year, but probably not till next spring.

  • 1 decade ago

    You should be able to plant them now, they won't bloom but you might get flowers next spring.

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