Best to leave them be , but if you want to transplant some to another area its beast to do it now. Whilst they are still in the green is the technical term i think
This was covered in a recent Gardening TV prog. Lift and divide into smaller manageable clumps of 5 or 6 bulbs leaving foliage on. Pot into small pots in ordinary compost. Let die down in the normal way so that they take up the food contained in the leaves. Don't let them dry out completely, keeping moist but not waterlogged.Pot out into desired position when ready. Plants planted in the green, usually do better than bulbs on their own, so best to move them to new home before leaves have totally died back.
Good luck with this, the rewards are wonderful at a time when there is barely anything open.
@The Doctor - if you've got some leaf mould lying around, you could pot them up in that mixed about 50/50 with MPC. And label them! I'd leave them somewhere shady, and keep them moistish.
I've removed and given away about half of them and have filled in the gaps with bedding plants. Not much sign of the leaves dying back yet but at least there are splashes of colour here and there.
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Best to leave them be , but if you want to transplant some to another area its beast to do it now. Whilst they are still in the green is the technical term i think
I have some snowdrops that are spreading, I want to divde them but I don't have anywhere to put them once I have doent this.
Any sugestions for a tempoary home?
Pots?
This was covered in a recent Gardening TV prog. Lift and divide into smaller manageable clumps of 5 or 6 bulbs leaving foliage on. Pot into small pots in ordinary compost. Let die down in the normal way so that they take up the food contained in the leaves. Don't let them dry out completely, keeping moist but not waterlogged.Pot out into desired position when ready. Plants planted in the green, usually do better than bulbs on their own, so best to move them to new home before leaves have totally died back.
Good luck with this, the rewards are wonderful at a time when there is barely anything open.
Thankyou all for the advice.
I've removed and given away about half of them and have filled in the gaps with bedding plants. Not much sign of the leaves dying back yet but at least there are splashes of colour here and there.