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Bulbs
Sorry to ask this Question daft one of the day but I have some bulbs that I take up and re plant in Autumn I was just wondering how many times the plant and flower in the bulb can come up out of the bulb this will be there 3rd year and they where great last year and in the 1st. I always feed and make sure the foliage dies back at the end of flowering to aid next year.
Thanks anyway James
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My Gran has daffs that have been flowering for decades but these are clumps left in the ground all year.
Why do you dig yours up?
I've never dug up bulbs. I just leave them where they are.
Mine are tulips and Hyacinths I dig them up as they are in areas where I place bedding plants. Also I like to move them around the following Autumn into different areas if there are gaps. Also we have squirrels and I like to make sure they are out of the way. I have Daffs which I leave in the ground to multiply but they are in the front garden.
Also only have a small garden not a country park
All I want to know is how long can bulbs send the flower up and back again. Not the right in digging up the bulb. I know the main thing that can stop them is rot.
I think as long as give them time for the leaves to die back naturally, this is what feeds the bulb, giving it energy to flower the following year. Personally I have a small garden and don't lift bulb because I don't have the energy or inclination but leaving them also allows them to create bulblets as there is no root disturbance, therefore larger clumps in time. Hope this helps
Thanks Cathy I do the main things when planting sand at the bottom of the hole with hort gravel next in then place the bulb on that
NorthernLass2, that's beautiful, I am very envious! Do you just leave it to do its own thing when the bulbs are finished, or do you pop some annuals in?
I just leave them. There's snowdrops, crocus, daffodils and tulips all just planted in areas under and around the trees. I only have perenniels in my garden so definitely no annuals planted. There are however some perennials also in there: Foxgloves, primroses, primula, solomon's seal, helianthemum, eranthis.
That sounds beautiful NorthernLass2, the picture is lovely but it must be good in the summer as well