Spring Bulbs already sprouting.. in October!
Hello,
I am looking for some advice and help. I am new to gardening and have recently brought our first home so have a garden of my own to develop and learn in.
Seeing all the spring bulbs coming into the garden centres I decided to get ahead and planted lots of my spring bulbs out in pots and throughout the garden. I did this it early september.
It is now the start of october and the bulbs are sprouting greenery already! It just seems to be mainly the ones that i planted out in pots that are growing but also in flower beds.
Will this be a problem come spring? will i have spring flowers or will i need to re plant more bulbs? What should i do?
Any help or advice gratefully received. I'm guessing that in the future i should wait until a little later in the year to plant them next year?
Many thanks all 
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Hi Katrina and welcome
Glad to say you have no need to panic - some bulbs do start early, but their rate of growth will slow to a virtual standstill as the nights draw in and the temperatures fall. You'll get your flowers in the spring - hope you'll show us some photos then
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Don't worry, they will not come to any harm, although they might flower at the 'wrong' time.
Sorry to come in on this thread, I know this is an old thread but thought I would use it to ask my Q rather than start a new thread . This year (for the first time) I left the spring bulbs in containers and put them behind the shed for the summer to bring them out again in the autumn. I have just noticed that I have bulbs coming up in August ? :O(
I can see in October that bulbs would slow with the cold weather but August is a bit early isn't' it? I have just bought some new bulbs to plant in the garden (new build didn't have a garden last year) where I bought them said to plant now but I am now worried about doing so . Don't bulbs know when to grow/flower? Thanks