Do I plant my 100 free bulbs now? What did you do with yours?

[posie]

Mine are in my little plastic greenhouse but because of the condensation, they seem to be quite damp so I'm thinking I might take them out during the day while its warmish and pop them back at night.  Well at least until the frost turns up on weekend.

[posie]

[posie]

None of them are showing ANY signs of doing anything!! Aaaarrrggghhhh!

[chickadoodle]

Give them a chance! Would you want to stick your nose out of nice cosy soil, when one minute it's snowing, the next it's sleeting then it's so sunny you need to strip off.  If they are decent bulbs they'll come up in their own time if they're rotten old bulbs you haven't wasted anything.  Mine aren't doing anything either so when I talk to them next I'll tell them they're rotten old bulbs (but I will say it nicely just in case!)

[manicscousers]

 our free gladioli bulbs are just starting to sprout  ;D

[chickadoodle]

OK so I'm impatient too  ::)   I've just been out and given them a poke - the pots that is - and the Sparaxis are definately on the move.  I didn't do the others but if one lot is thinking about coming up then I expect the others are too   ;D

[posie]

Lol - 1 anemone is showing it's face. absolutely nothing anywhere else though! so have prodded and poked them rofl  ;D

[caseylee]

on eof each of mine are coming up, they are in pots in a coldgreenhouse.  I have leftover bulbs so I am wondering if these can just be planted straight into the ground

[posie]

I would have thought once the risk of frost is past then they should be ok to go in.  No expert mind!  :)

[springbok]

Put mine in the ground, treating them like any bulb!  Will let you know if they come up :)

[chickadoodle]

Sparaxis and Ixias are up.   ;D  ;D  (They are in pots outside the greenhouse).

[caseylee]

I  have lost all my labels for the ones I planted but 4 out of the 7 pots planted have come up now and doing well

[kt.]

I put Iaxis and Saraposa in the ground last week.

[posie]

The Ranunculus (doesn't it sound like something from Harry Potter?) are growing, the Sparaxis and Ixias that I potted for my grandmother are up, but the anemones aren't doing anything at all.  I don't hold out much hope for them as they've been in a pot for over a month now in my mini greenhouse.

[carolinej]

Just thought I'd better let you know that the ranunculus corms I had are riddled with tiny transparent maggots!

I just poked around in a pot of them in the greenhouse and each pot (5 of them ) was the same. It could just be mine, but best you all check incase it is something that will do lots of damage.

I now understand why countries have such a strong policy on importing plant material. They looked fine when they arrived!

cj :)

[Sinbad7]

Mine are up, not sure what ones they are but they are growing a treat.  I put them directly into the ground round my Acer and Plum tree.

Sinbad

[posie]

Just checked and the one ranunculus that's come up at home seems fine, as do the ones coming up.  I'm very disappointed with anemones though, I've had 1 out of about 10 come up.  No maggots anywhere so far but I'll keep an eye out.

[Sinbad7]

Mine are flowering have anyone else's done any good?

Sinbad

[PurpleHeather]

http://www.freetreesandplants.com/

[ceres]

http://www.freetreesandplants.com/

They don't appear to dispatch to the UK?

[PurpleHeather]

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