Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Is it too early or too late to container plant bulbs??, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Hi, again, everybody--Here's a pic of my transient 'bulb farm' right now located in our front hall because it was below freezing outside last night and too cold on the front steps! I was keeping them in the garage and under the deck for cooling but then decided it was too warm in there for them.

Then I got Spring Fever and decided to put them all outside when temperature climbed last week. Of course, in the meantime they lost all their labels and I didn't note down when I planted or put each pot in cold storage because I was SURE I would remember. (What was I thinking?!). (I do know lilies are in the big pots with muscari anyway.)

Now I haven't a clue what is going on with these, but I am just going to keep moving them in and out the front door everyday according to the weather until I start to see (or not see) results....

(My DH must really love me because he is actually the one carrying the pots around every night after Comedy Central. And this is really only half my transient bulb farm 'cause the other half is by the back door.)

Well, the long and short of it is that the bulb pot gardening has required a lot more effort and angst than I first thought and I hope it will be worth it!

I will keep fingers crossed for everybody, and I hope you do to! t.

p.s. and, Huga, when you come to the Ohio River Valley RU April 23 you invited for a personal inspection of my Bulb Farm! And anybody else who wants to come, too!