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  • #1

    Bulbs

    Hello flower growers

    I have a number of volunteer daffodils and what I believe are blue bells shooting up. I need to dig the area and if I dig up the bulbs will they survive or will they just be exhausted. I don't intend to replant them somewhere else?
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    Sorry, I don't understand the question. You say you don't want to plant them anywhere else so how can they survive dug up?

    Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

    Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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    • #3
      Nah...he's not clear is he Alison?....Shirley not been on the cooking sherry again????

      Do you mean you intend to put them back in the same place but in a few days/ weeks?

      Can you plant them in pots/ tubs/carrier bags just for now?
      Last edited by Nicos; 30-01-2016, 03:09 PM.
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        You right it was not very clear... Not the sherry me being thick. I need to clear the area but was wondering if I lifted the bulbs and allowed the greenery to die off would they be viable next year or should I just chuck them?

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        • #5
          I don't think they will be any good after a year out of the ground. Bin them or stick them in a pot.

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          • #6
            They being a "Bulb" Will have already taken in the "Nutriants" needed for sprouting next year! "In the Green" as they put it!
            "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"

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            • #7
              If they're already in the green then they'll have used some of their stored nutrients up out the bulbs but not had chance to replenish them by doing a full cycle. If you want to save them you really do need to replant. If you don't have any available ground then pots would be OK.

              Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

              Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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              • #8
                Thank you everyone

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                • #9
                  You could lift them as a clump, and than as Nicos said put it into a poly bag then put them somewhere out of you way until you can replant, as you are in Hampshire make sure that they are kept moist, (where I stay that is not a major problem) and put one or two holes near the base of the bag, and dont forget that a lot of poly bags deteriorate in sunlight
                  it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

                  Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers

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