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What do I do with finished bulbs?

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mumblecrumble · 17/04/2010 08:26

Hi there,

Have various spring bulbs around the house and garden that I would like to kepp for next year.

How do I do that? They are currently being generously fed in the soil....

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mumblecrumble · 17/04/2010 21:38
Confused
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ChasingSquirrels · 17/04/2010 21:39

leave them, they will flower again next year.

RicePuddingWithJam · 17/04/2010 21:39

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mumblecrumble · 19/04/2010 06:48

AH... Ishould have expained: They are in pots

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Maria2007loveshersleep · 22/04/2010 07:46

Some of them can't go outside though (eg my amaryllis is an indoors pot plant). I also have this question- what do you do with the green leaves after they die down? Cut them down?

But the bulbs themselves, yes definitely leave them in the ground.

purplepeony · 25/04/2010 08:59

I think you can take them out of the pots and keep them in a cool dry place til Sept when you plant them out again- or pot them up.

Remove the dead foliage 6 weeks after flowering- any sooner and the goodness from the leaves won't have gone back into the bulb.

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