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Stupid question around bulbs

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omnishambles · 09/10/2023 17:20

So as in every year I ran amok online and got some bags of spring flowering bulbs/corns etc.
The anemones are already coming up which I was a bit eyebrow raised but just now I see that other bulbs are as well - already through the squirrel proof netting - does this mean that the frost will kill them?

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Uncooperativefingers · 09/10/2023 17:27

When did you plant them? I don't usually plant mine until oct/Nov, when it's colder

I believe they need the cold to stay dormant, and when it warms up next year that is the trigger to grow.

griegwithhimandhim · 09/10/2023 17:57

How deep did you plant them?

Grape hyacinths will already be up by the way, their leaves start emerging in the autumn.

omnishambles · 10/10/2023 09:31

I planted them maybe 10 days ago - they are a mix of new bulbs and old bulbs that I dig up and replant - they could be grape hyacinths. They are a mixture of depths according to their size in a lasagne.
Will the anemones be ok?

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MereDintofPandiculation · 10/10/2023 09:47

Anemones will be fine. The point about bulbs and corms is that there’s an awful lot of energy stored in them, and it takes more than a single year of no leaves to kill them

Many spring bulbs put up their shoots in the autumn.

omnishambles · 10/10/2023 10:16

Thank you. I was worried that be being organised this year I had done something very wrong. We are away for half term and so wanted to get sorted before then.

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