Need help with gardening! Could I start watering the autumn bulbs I planted last year?

November 21, 2011 2 Comments

Category: Autumn Flowers
Tags: Autumn, gardening, soil

2 Responses to “Need help with gardening! Could I start watering the autumn bulbs I planted last year?”

  1. sciencegravy Reply November 22, 2011 at 2:33 am

    Just plant them in the ground. That’s the best way to keep them happy. They need winter’s cold dormancy before they will bloom again.

    If they were “forced” bulbs (you bought them flowering, in their pots, flowering in late winter), then they might not flower next year. “Forcing” takes a lot out of a bulb. But you have nothing to lose by planting them in the ground and seeing if they do something next year.

  2. Herbie Reply November 22, 2011 at 3:04 pm

    Some will, some won’t. Water them – you have nothing to lose. You may just get a few spindly leaves or you may get pots of flowers. If you get flowers, feed the plants after flowering nest year, to plump up the bulbs and encourage flowers the following year. or plant them out in the garden and buy fresh ones.