lily of the valley

I have some pips of lily of the valley and not sure how deep to plant and how far apart? I read you should soak the pipls in lukewarm water for about two hours is that true and can I plant them in the fal or wait till early spring?Thank you

watch out! those lily of the valley plants are invasive and grow like weeds! i have to pull out handfuls each year so they don't take over.

stressed out---
Please do not stress out! As Seven pointed out--they will get invasive over the years, but not all that quickly.

LOV roots grow in all directions, underground, and they are not, necessarily, under the plant you want to dig up.
It is a lot of work--and you pretty much have to rip and tear and hope you get some roots.

Plant the pips about 2" deep and about a foot apart in part shade. AM sun is OK too. Not so much full sun.
I think they would grow best in a part sun, moist--but well draining location.
If your pips also have root-runners attached, try to lay them with their full length underground as well.
It may take 2 seasons for them to really establish. Then they will grow better and in bunches...

I never heard of soaking the pips.....should have plenty of rains in the fall to do that for you. Can't hurt--if you want to do it....

Nothing says "Mother's Day" like some fresh-picked LOV to perfume your whole house....

Gita

Gita has given you great advice and also telling you it will be a long time before you need to break up clumps of the Lily, they are beautiful and like all plants, the beauty is in the eyes of the beholder so if you like them and the wonderful perfume, then plant them in a part shade area where maybe you will walk past them when in flower and this will throw up more perfume.
The idea of soaking the Pip's is because mostly these are sold as dried and they need this soaking to help plump up the Pip's again, it will not harm them to soak them, I do this with lot's of plants that are bought as tubers, bare rooted Roses and other plants because as soon as these are lifted from the ground, they begin a drying process that causes the plants to deteriorate but, maybe your Pip's have been treated with stuff to prevent them growing and drying, again I would soak them to rid the roots of anything like that.
I like to grow a few Pips in a pot so that when the green (Flowering stems) show, then you bring them inside and the room is filled with perfume every morning, some folks are allergic to this perfume right from the plant, me, I could walk about with it tied under my nose ha, ha, ha.
Good luck and happy gardening. Weenel.

WeeNel---

Thank you for supporting my advice....
I have been gardening forever--and have advice to give on almost anything...mostly from experience....

YES! IF you buy your LOV pips in a package from a Big Box store or a Wall Mart-- it will need some
re-hydrating as one never knows when it was harvested....
Plumping up the dried up roots may be a good idea. Gita

I am like you Gita, have also been gardening since a child and learned from my Late Dad, any advice I can give is simple, honest and from practicing the same in my own garden, but we can also learn from other gardeners too.
I have found from this site, there are no wrongs, you just adapt things to suit your own gardening skills, time, soil or whatever, the main thing to take from all advice, Gardening should be fun and not cause you nervous breakdowns or feel like a failure if the plants don't always come to look like prize winners from a magazine, just enjoy being outdoors.
Take it easy Gita and happy gardening. WeeNel.

So sorry it took me so long to get back with you! but thank you for all of your good advice I needed it and your advice help me so much thank you again Rita