I bought some price reduced tulip bulbs today, red Darwins
hybrid, very cheap. They look healthy enough and have about
half an inch of green stem emerging from them.

The question is, what to do with them?
According to the label they should have been planted
between September and December.Should I just plant them
straight in the garden now or will the frosty ground be too
much of a shock for them? Alternatively should they be
planted into pots and kept indoors for this season and
planted outside in the Autumn?
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On 18/2/08 15:49, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

I bought some price reduced tulip bulbs today, red Darwins
hybrid, very cheap. They look healthy enough and have about
half an inch of green stem emerging from them.

The question is, what to do with them?
According to the label they should have been planted
between September and December.Should I just plant them
straight in the garden now or will the frosty ground be too
much of a shock for them? Alternatively should they be
planted into pots and kept indoors for this season and
planted outside in the Autumn?

Why not plant them in pots and then plunge the pot into the ground, up to
the rim, a bit later on. IMO, this is the best way to plant tulips because
when they're over, you just lift out the pot, put it somewhere for the
foliage to die down and then fill the gap with something else.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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