Too late to move bulbs?

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milesdt Pulaski, GA Jan 04, 2011

I usually post on Beginner Vegies but have a question about the bulbs that have been in our yard for eons. We have owned the house for 13 years and the bulbs were already there. They are VERY crowded. I live in zone 9, coastal Georgia. I moved a few of the bulbs in mid December. Is it too late to dig up and transplant more? I think they are daffodils, some kind of bell and something else that I can't remember. Already, about 1/2 to 1 inch of green is peeking up above the ground.

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NatureLover1950 Vicksburg, MS(Zone 8a) Jan 05, 2011

I have moved bulbs this late in the year (with a little green showing) and they survived. Some of them went ahead and bloomed but the smaller ones didn't bloom until the second year after I moved them. Of course, the smaller ones might not have bloomed even if I hadn't moved them simply because they were too small.

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Jan 31, 2011

If the bulbs are growing in large clumps, then get your spade out, drop the spade UPRIGHT a spade deep into the soil, make a cut like this into a square shape, then try lifting this square out of the ground with as much soil attached as pos, replant in a freshly dug piece of ground where you want the transplants to grow, add some compost and a handful of blood/bone-meal to the new planting hole and use your clenched fists to firm the soil around the new planting area, you may find the other bulbs will flower even more as they will enjoy the free space around them.
If you don't have time or area ready for this transplant, place the lifted bulbs and soil into a large container till they have finished flowering and come summer when the foliage had died down (Naturally) you can then replant them somewhere you will enjoy there beauty. Good luck. WeeNel.

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