I bought spring flowering bulbs last September and didn't get chance to plant them. I have kept them cool and dry in a box. Can I plant them now or should I compost them?
Bulbs are living things, even when they're dormant and they need to grow. I can't imagine that they're anything other than soft and rotten now. Compost them. Buy some more .......... and plant them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Don't throw away your money and their lives. Stick them in and give them their chance. Even if they don't survive, they'll compost in the garden or a pot just as well as in a special compost heap. Or if they do survive and don't flower this spring, they'll probably gather energy and do you proud next year. It depends, I suppose, how big your garden area is and how much you're willing to take a chance on - but if you tuck the bulbs away under later flowering plants, they'll take up no space and may be a pleasant surprise,
You can't keep bulbs dormant past their natural growing season - they will rot. The poster was talking about bulbs she bought in September 2013 and she asked her question in August 2014 - if she planted them and they flowered I'll eat my hat!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Bulbs are living things, even when they're dormant and they need to grow. I can't imagine that they're anything other than soft and rotten now. Compost them. Buy some more .......... and plant them
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Ditto Dove. Daffs and crocus can be planted now. Anything else I would wait til October-November
Don't throw away your money and their lives. Stick them in and give them their chance. Even if they don't survive, they'll compost in the garden or a pot just as well as in a special compost heap. Or if they do survive and don't flower this spring, they'll probably gather energy and do you proud next year. It depends, I suppose, how big your garden area is and how much you're willing to take a chance on - but if you tuck the bulbs away under later flowering plants, they'll take up no space and may be a pleasant surprise,
You can't keep bulbs dormant past their natural growing season - they will rot. The poster was talking about bulbs she bought in September 2013 and she asked her question in August 2014 - if she planted them and they flowered I'll eat my hat!!!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.