I made so many mistakes with bulbs too. A lot of my large bulbs rotted, but I got some baby bulbs when I dug everything up after blooming, and now I’ve tossed them into my ground landscape to see what happens. Some of the other baby tulip bulbs I planted in a 12” terracotta pot, and I’m leaving on my deck under a covered area, “mulched” with pine cones so the squirrels don’t get to it, and I DIDNT water them in this time. But I want to see how the pot handles just being outside through the winter, and I’ll moved it more in the sun in probably late March to see what happens.
amazon sells plastic pop up greenhouses (I got the pear shaped kind) that you can put your individual pots under after you get your pots from the garage in the spring. I cover my pots with tulip bulbs in the fall (or spring) when it rains, then take them off. You don't need to install them, they just unfold, then you can fold them back when you remove them.
Good Morning! I had the same experience with taking pots out of the garage too soon in March. I also had a large pot that I tested leaving on the covered front porch, which failed 😢 This fall, I’ve decided to put some in my new greenhouse & some in the garage to overwinter. Here’s hoping your bulbs do well next spring! 🌷🌷🌷
I had all of my daffodils, tulips, hyacinths & alliums come up in spring. I didn’t do anything special to them. Living in the PNW. We have very wet weather. The one thing I had no success with were my crocus. The leaves came up but no flowers. This year the squirrels are on to me. They now know about my garden. Last year was my first year at this property. So now the little monsters have dug up some of my tulips for snacking on. I’ve got most of the beds with bird spikes now to keep them out. I like your tarping idea. I might try that for next year. It would be more simple.
You keep talking about bulbs rotting and it's just raining away outside 🤦🏻♀️ Maybe it's a good thing I've been so late in squaring away the garden for winter
I made so many mistakes with bulbs too. A lot of my large bulbs rotted, but I got some baby bulbs when I dug everything up after blooming, and now I’ve tossed them into my ground landscape to see what happens. Some of the other baby tulip bulbs I planted in a 12” terracotta pot, and I’m leaving on my deck under a covered area, “mulched” with pine cones so the squirrels don’t get to it, and I DIDNT water them in this time. But I want to see how the pot handles just being outside through the winter, and I’ll moved it more in the sun in probably late March to see what happens.
amazon sells plastic pop up greenhouses (I got the pear shaped kind) that you can put your individual pots under after you get your pots from the garage in the spring. I cover my pots with tulip bulbs in the fall (or spring) when it rains, then take them off. You don't need to install them, they just unfold, then you can fold them back when you remove them.
I need to look into these! Do you know the brand?
I admire you vigor. I've given up on bulbs. Planted 60 or so two years in a row and like, 5 one year and 10 the next came up. I'm done😂
This is going to be my last year if it doesn’t work 😆
Good Morning! I had the same experience with taking pots out of the garage too soon in March. I also had a large pot that I tested leaving on the covered front porch, which failed 😢
This fall, I’ve decided to put some in my new greenhouse & some in the garage to overwinter.
Here’s hoping your bulbs do well next spring! 🌷🌷🌷
We’ll keep our fingers crossed for each other!! 🤞🤞
I had all of my daffodils, tulips, hyacinths & alliums come up in spring. I didn’t do anything special to them. Living in the PNW. We have very wet weather. The one thing I had no success with were my crocus. The leaves came up but no flowers. This year the squirrels are on to me. They now know about my garden. Last year was my first year at this property. So now the little monsters have dug up some of my tulips for snacking on. I’ve got most of the beds with bird spikes now to keep them out. I like your tarping idea. I might try that for next year. It would be more simple.
Oh no!!! I’m so glad the squirrels haven’t found their way up here… yet 🤞
So the ones you put in the garage over the winter, do you water those while they're inside?
are you going to water those at all this winter? i too have had problem with rot and am planning on covering mine with a clear tarp.
I am not giving them any water all winter!
You keep talking about bulbs rotting and it's just raining away outside 🤦🏻♀️ Maybe it's a good thing I've been so late in squaring away the garden for winter