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Nicie
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Lincoln
NE
USA
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 Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 05:22:25 AM
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Hi
I picked up some tulip bulbs over the week end to plant but I think that it is too early to plant them yet. I think a couple more weeks. Am I right? I live in SE Nebraska.
Any advice would be helpful.
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4827 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
4827 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2007 : 12:01:45 PM
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Late fall, before the first frost is the best time to plant tulips. Here in IL that's mid-October or so. With global warming, I have known people to successfully plant tulips as late as early December! Keep an eye on your 10 day weather report for your area & that will give you an idea when to plant too. Have fun planting your bulbs. Before you know it, spring will be here to show you how they look!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Posted - Sep 13 2007 : 10:46:36 AM
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I should probably dig up my tulips and seperate them, shouldn't I? Or is it too late?
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Posted - Sep 17 2007 : 11:55:15 AM
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Lisa-
Oh good! I have a really good idea of where they are at. They are in a very silly place on the eastern side of the duplex where no one ever sees them because they are hidden by trees and a place where no one ever walks. I think I will dig up the whole area and move all of them to the grass alongside the walk to the front doors. That way we will all enjoy them every day! :)
Alee
The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora!
http://home.test-afl.tulix.com/aleeandnora/ |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2007 : 5:31:43 PM
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I ordered tulip bulbs from Holland, Michigan last month, and they said they would ship when it was time to plant - and they arrived in my mailbox today.
So it must be time to plant them!
(they are the same type of tulip that we gave our wedding guests for favors 5 years ago -- September 14 was our anniversary... so it must have been the right time to plant them that year, also!)
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - Sep 18 2007 : 06:13:01 AM
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I bought some allium bulbs a couple of weeks ago (they look like giant pom-poms on a stick!) It's a little colder up here, so I planted them last week. I noticed on my package of bulbs that is says you can plant them from early September to early December, depending on where you live.
Brenda, I love your idea of tulip bulbs as wedding favors! I've also heard of people giving evergreen saplings as favors. We gave our guests little packets of wildflower seeds and our invitations were made of that "wildflower" paper - it's homemade with flower seeds pressed right into the paper.
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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