Split and replant if you aren't expecting your ground to be frozen in the next week or 2. Otherwise, split, pot on and wait til Spring before planting out in the ground.
Oh really? Just cut them in half?
I have a book on bulbs but I can’t find it amongst the Christmas mess yet(!)
Mine haven't died down yet. With a long growing season, the corms should be good for next years flowers. If you have dug them up, I keep them dry and then plant in March. I am leaving all the ones I planted last year in. I will probably lose a few if the weather turns bad, but still plenty in there.
Split and replant if you aren't expecting your ground to be frozen in the next week or 2. Otherwise, split, pot on and wait til Spring before planting out in the ground.
Oh really? Just cut them in half?
I have a book on bulbs but I can’t find it amongst the Christmas mess yet(!)
No! Don’t cut them up. Remove the flatttish old corm from the base and discard it (twist it off). Remove any little ‘cormlets’ from around the main form. If you wish you can grow these on over the next few seasons to increase the number but it’ll be a few years before they’re big enough to flower. Dry the large corms and store in a dry cool but frostfree place until spring when you can bring them back into the warm and pot them up or plant out.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I have a book on bulbs but I can’t find it amongst the Christmas mess yet(!)
Dry the large corms and store in a dry cool but frostfree place until spring when you can bring them back into the warm and pot them up or plant out.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
And thanks @Dovefromabove
Ill lift them and put them in the shed before the temp drops on Weds hopefully.
Cant believe how big they are...