Or they will grow, but the flowers would be a lot smaller...
2007-08-21 09:00:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I'm talking about the bulbs that I just bought from a store or catalog, not the ones that left in the ground.
2007-08-21 09:37:55 · update #1
I live in the south and some nurseries do have them outside in boxes when selling them. That's why I'm wondering.
2007-08-21 09:40:44 · update #2
As long as they get a period of cooling (40 F or below for about 8 weeks), the temperatures the rest of the time don't really matter a lot. Bulbs that haven't been planted yet should be stored in a cool dry place so that they don't sprout prematurely, but if they reach 70 in the garden, they're perfectly ok. I had tulips in Colorado; they withstood -20 in the winter, and 95+ in the summer (high elevations and thin air!!), and they bloomed just fine.
2007-08-21 09:27:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about loose bulbs out of the ground, or planted? My mom has a bed of over 100 tulips, and it gets over 100 degrees in the summer where she lives. If you're talking about tulip bulbs, out of the ground, I don't know, but it sounds wrong. 70 degrees isn't that hot.
2007-08-21 09:16:46 · answer #2 · answered by Spyderbear 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you can outsmart them by putting the bulbs into the frigerator bottom bin for about 6 weeks and fool them into a "cool"climate. Depends on the area you live in .
I always get my tulips from Tulips.com
Also depends if you fertilize your bulbs ,so they can have nice big flowers
http://www.tulips.com/faq.cfm
2007-08-21 09:04:57 · answer #3 · answered by silverearth1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a slight problem with this idea--how could they sell them in stores that are usually 68-72 degrees if it meant they wouldn't bloom?
2007-08-21 09:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TRUE
2007-08-21 09:02:53 · answer #5 · answered by evergirl_890 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋