Glad you found this helpful. Now we wait till spring and summer to replant all our tender bulbs. Thanks again for taking the time to watch, care and share - "Keep The Love Growing." - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
+Jackie Horsley - Planting bulbs in containers is great, especially for those who don't have garden space or live in condos or apartments with balconies. Depending on your zone tender bulbs will not make it through freezing weather. Still a good idea to plant or replant them each year in great soil. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Thank you for sharing! I am going to plant my first daffodils, tulips and crocus bulbs this month. I have not figured out where they will be planted yet. In pots, in the yard, both? Dose dividing every 3 to 5 years make the tulips grow again also and other early spring bulbs? Or it really works more for the daffodils?
Good morning Angelica. Under normal conditions all perennial plants, bulbs and tubers will expand and multiply. That is why it's good healthy plant practice to dig up, divide, inspect and replant at least once every 5 years. You will find many more bulbs than you originally planted that are now over-crowded and need more space to consume the energy they need to thrive. It also give you a chance to inspect the overall health of a given group of bulbs and begin spreading them to other parts of your gardens since they propagate and multiply on their own. There wouldn't be enough room to share other similar videos of interest here that would prove helpful. Perhaps you'd enjoy having a free copy of our entire list to many other interesting and informative garden videos filled with lot of tips, tours and goodies. If you like, we'll send you a copy. Email: lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and we'll get a free copy to you ASAP. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe, healthy and happy. Lynn & Richard #KeepTheLoveGrowing - www.WisconsinGarden.com.
Good question, Laurie. Be sure the old plant has dried back to the soil so its leaves have given the bulb all the food it will need to reproduce next year. Once the leaves are dry you can dig the bulbs up, but I would wait until Fall or they will start growing all over again and you don’t want that to happen. Put them in a net bag or open paper bag in a cool dry place until Fall. Lynn
Good morning, Reina. This time of year in zone 5, the bulbs are going to want to bloom. That's a good thing because then you will know what kind of flower they are. It's a bad thing, because if you let them bloom, and you don't let them continue to grow after blooming, they will not be able to store enough energy to bloom next year. So I guess the best idea would be to carefully dig them out now, before they get ready to bloom and put them in a flower bed as a permanent home, or pots that you can let them bloom in and then plant them in the ground in fall. Hope that is helpful for you. Enjoy Spring! Thank you for your timely question, and thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe, healthy and happy. Lynn & Richard @KeepTheLoveGrowing www.WisconsinGarden.com 💓💚💙😎
After I dig up and separate, can I plant them right away or should I dry them and plant in the fall? I am in Ohio and I am wanting to dig these up this week. Thanks for the advice!
Hi Jerry. The only reason we dig up our tender bulbs is that they would not survive our Wisconsin temperatures. Florida offers a whole range of possibilities, including leaving some bulbs in ground year round, especially if your area doesn't get below freezing. Depending upon the kind of bulb you're talking about, we would suggest stopping at your local garden center to see what they recommend regarding your specific bulbs. Now if you're concern is digging them up to divide, that's is something we do every 4-5 years for several reasons. First, to avoid over-crowding. Bulbs multiple quickly and if the originals were spaced too closely, they will start growing over each other. Secondly, it gives us the opportunity to check on bulb health and remove old bulbs that may harbor pests and diseases that could affect the other bulbs. Thirdly, it offers the gardener the opportunity to create more beds of their favorite flowering bulbs without the expense of buying more bulbs. If you do decide to store bulbs over the winter, it helps to keep them in a dark, dry and cool spot. Seeing that most properties do no have basements, the back of a closet or dark corner in a garage cabinet can work as storage space. Hope this helps. Keep us posted on what type of bulbs you decide to put in storage. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
That's amazing! I have Stargazer lillies should I separate those? They bloomed this year but were so short (due to the drought, I think). They have been in the,same place for at least 4-5 yrs.
Lynn. Could you clear up an apparent inconsistency? Towards the close of your video, you stated "or if you have time right now, it would be a good time to start planting" and clearly, your video was shot during the summer. But the advice given to Laurie Wisecup earlier was "but I would wait until Fall or they will start growing all over again and you don’t want that to happen." These two pieces of advice contradict each other leaving me confused. Only one can be correct. Or....
They are two type of bulbs, one you plant in fall for spring blossoms and tender bulbs you plant in spring and dig up again every fall and store or they will die. Tender bulbs such as gladiolus, dahlias, calla & canna lily, elephant ears, etc. must be protected from cold weather. These bulbs are generally dug up just after the first frost and must be removed from the ground before a hard freeze or they will die. You carefully dig them up with a pitch fork, carefully divide if required, clean or rinse gently, dry for a couple of days out of the sun and wind and store in peat moss, vermiculite, sawdust or even shredded newspaper(labeled) keeping only the healthy solid bulbs and tubers over winter. Keep them dry to avoid getting moldy. Corms are those little baby bulb often found attached or dropping off gladiolus and calla lily and need to be cured indoors for about 3 weeks at warm (85F) temperatures before being labeled and stored. Remove all stem, foliage, shriveled or questionable bulbs and do not include them with healthy ones. Some bulbs can be treated with fungicide or pesticide powder. Make sure to carefully label every storage container and check them regularly and remove any potential problems that could affect the entire collection. Hope you found this helpful. Thanks for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Love how you did quick work of that teaching us all the while! Thank you!
Glad you found this helpful. Now we wait till spring and summer to replant all our tender bulbs. Thanks again for taking the time to watch, care and share - "Keep The Love Growing." - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
enjoyed your video that is a lote of bulbs I planted some bulbs in pots there readly for next spring
+Jackie Horsley - Planting bulbs in containers is great, especially for those who don't have garden space or live in condos or apartments with balconies. Depending on your zone tender bulbs will not make it through freezing weather. Still a good idea to plant or replant them each year in great soil. - Thanks again for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Thank you for sharing! I am going to plant my first daffodils, tulips and crocus bulbs this month. I have not figured out where they will be planted yet. In pots, in the yard, both? Dose dividing every 3 to 5 years make the tulips grow again also and other early spring bulbs? Or it really works more for the daffodils?
Good morning Angelica. Under normal conditions all perennial plants, bulbs and tubers will expand and multiply. That is why it's good healthy plant practice to dig up, divide, inspect and replant at least once every 5 years. You will find many more bulbs than you originally planted that are now over-crowded and need more space to consume the energy they need to thrive. It also give you a chance to inspect the overall health of a given group of bulbs and begin spreading them to other parts of your gardens since they propagate and multiply on their own.
There wouldn't be enough room to share other similar videos of interest here that would prove helpful. Perhaps you'd enjoy having a free copy of our entire list to many other interesting and informative garden videos filled with lot of tips, tours and goodies. If you like, we'll send you a copy. Email: lynn@WisconsinGarden.com and we'll get a free copy to you ASAP.
Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe, healthy and happy. Lynn & Richard #KeepTheLoveGrowing - www.WisconsinGarden.com.
Good question, Laurie. Be sure the old plant has dried back to the soil so its leaves have given the bulb all the food it will need to reproduce next year. Once the leaves are dry you can dig the bulbs up, but I would wait until Fall or they will start growing all over again and you don’t want that to happen. Put them in a net bag or open paper bag in a cool dry place until Fall. Lynn
Hi! This is so helpful. I have some plants growing in my glass. What do you recommend?
Good morning, Reina. This time of year in zone 5, the bulbs are going to want to bloom. That's a good thing because then you will know what kind of flower they are.
It's a bad thing, because if you let them bloom, and you don't let them continue to grow after blooming, they will not be able to store enough energy to bloom next year.
So I guess the best idea would be to carefully dig them out now, before they get ready to bloom and put them in a flower bed as a permanent home, or pots that you can let them bloom in and then plant them in the ground in fall.
Hope that is helpful for you. Enjoy Spring!
Thank you for your timely question, and thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe, healthy and happy. Lynn & Richard @KeepTheLoveGrowing www.WisconsinGarden.com 💓💚💙😎
After I dig up and separate, can I plant them right away or should I dry them and plant in the fall? I am in Ohio and I am wanting to dig these up this week. Thanks for the advice!
I live in Florida, where should I store the bulbs over the winter?
Hi Jerry. The only reason we dig up our tender bulbs is that they would not survive our Wisconsin temperatures. Florida offers a whole range of possibilities, including leaving some bulbs in ground year round, especially if your area doesn't get below freezing. Depending upon the kind of bulb you're talking about, we would suggest stopping at your local garden center to see what they recommend regarding your specific bulbs. Now if you're concern is digging them up to divide, that's is something we do every 4-5 years for several reasons. First, to avoid over-crowding. Bulbs multiple quickly and if the originals were spaced too closely, they will start growing over each other. Secondly, it gives us the opportunity to check on bulb health and remove old bulbs that may harbor pests and diseases that could affect the other bulbs. Thirdly, it offers the gardener the opportunity to create more beds of their favorite flowering bulbs without the expense of buying more bulbs. If you do decide to store bulbs over the winter, it helps to keep them in a dark, dry and cool spot. Seeing that most properties do no have basements, the back of a closet or dark corner in a garage cabinet can work as storage space. Hope this helps. Keep us posted on what type of bulbs you decide to put in storage. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
That's amazing! I have Stargazer lillies should I separate those? They bloomed this year but were so short (due to the drought, I think). They have been in the,same place for at least 4-5 yrs.
Lynn. Could you clear up an apparent inconsistency? Towards the close of your video, you stated "or if you have time right now, it would be a good time to start planting" and clearly, your video was shot during the summer. But the advice given to Laurie Wisecup earlier was "but I would wait until Fall or they will start growing all over again and you don’t want that to happen." These two pieces of advice contradict each other leaving me confused. Only one can be correct. Or....
They are two type of bulbs, one you plant in fall for spring blossoms and tender bulbs you plant in spring and dig up again every fall and store or they will die. Tender bulbs such as gladiolus, dahlias, calla & canna lily, elephant ears, etc. must be protected from cold weather. These bulbs are generally dug up just after the first frost and must be removed from the ground before a hard freeze or they will die. You carefully dig them up with a pitch fork, carefully divide if required, clean or rinse gently, dry for a couple of days out of the sun and wind and store in peat moss, vermiculite, sawdust or even shredded newspaper(labeled) keeping only the healthy solid bulbs and tubers over winter. Keep them dry to avoid getting moldy. Corms are those little baby bulb often found attached or dropping off gladiolus and calla lily and need to be cured indoors for about 3 weeks at warm (85F) temperatures before being labeled and stored. Remove all stem, foliage, shriveled or questionable bulbs and do not include them with healthy ones. Some bulbs can be treated with fungicide or pesticide powder. Make sure to carefully label every storage container and check them regularly and remove any potential problems that could affect the entire collection. Hope you found this helpful. Thanks for watching and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I would dig them up and separate them. You might be surprised how many are in there by now. It will give them a new outlook on life. lol