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05-03-2009, 11:37 PM
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LOL
this is just silly!
i planted about 200 bulbs that i got from costco about a month and half ago......only one has actually stuck its head out of the ground!
this is SO disappointing and i just want to go out there and grab the one that came out and torture it until it tells me where the other 199 went!
i did exactly what the package said i should do....not too deep, not too shallow, watered it right after planting....the whole nine yards!
i bought them from costco....
about 80 or so lillies....
30 iris
40 konwalias
100 or so gladiolus
etc.
NOTHHHHHING! :-(
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05-04-2009, 12:20 AM
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Awww 
Don't give up yet, maybe some more will pop out.
We don't know where you are? Maybe it's still too early in your area for them to come up. I think there is still hope.
I did look up your konwalias.....those are common lilly-of-the-valley. They bloom in late winter and very early spring so maybe you will see them next year. The glads may yet come up, they like their soil warm. Iris you should have leaves on by now. Lillies come in zillions of kinds and can be very picky customers, so there's no telling what's going on with them.....
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05-04-2009, 06:47 AM
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I am a bulb and rhizome nut. I brought hundreds with me to the new place from zone 9 to Zone 4-5. My daughter dug up hundreds more from the 'old place' as she cleaned up the yard.
In Zone 9, the Iris I planted took one year to grow green shoots, and didn't bloom til the second year. The following year the moles got them and I never saw them again. Daffodils and narcissus are the only things that I have ever planted that came up and bloomed the first year. Lily of the valley takes about two years to bloom as well; you might see some green this fall before they die back. Gladiolus are the same. The next year in later spring-early summer you will see a single green spear and then suddenly it will shoot up tall and bloom. The third year you will see a single large shoot - and about 25-50 little teeny spears all around it. When fall comes, you can dig the big bulb up, separate the teeny ones, and spread them wherever, putting the big parent bulb back in the same hole.
Lilies of the valley start slow too but will produce in large clumps after the second year. You will have to divide them over and over again. Each separate plant has minimal flowers but blooming together they look lovely.
Lilies are to me the most unhappy plant. While they are beautiful, they took two years to grow to full height - bloomed briefly, then were gone in a week. The third and successive years they bloom the same as in the second year. Straight up, bloom, done. Easter lilies don't really bloom at Easter in the garden, they are forced to in pots. Normal bloom is in June/July for all lilies.
If you want something that comes up QUICK and blooms the first year, you should try daylilies. They multiply madly - have to dig them up every three years to separate - and even though the flowers only bloom once, as they spread, they will bloom at different times and you will have continuous color for about three-six weeks in June/July. If you want cut-and-come-again daylilies, go for the ones like Stella D'oro that bloom repetitively.
Moles and grubs and even armadilloes are hell on bulb plants. The former two consider them a delicacy, the armadilloes dig them up looking for grubs. They won't touch daylilies, though - bulbs are what they like, not corms.
The only way I plant any of them is to mix up liquid fertilizer and water in a big bucket, dump the bulbs in, and let them sit for an hour but not longer than 12 hours. Then plant. This gives bulbs - especially those dried-out store bulbs - the nourishment and moisture they need for a good start. If the soil dries out or there is no mulch - bulbs and corms love mulch! - then they will be scraggly if they come up at all. Remember not to cut them back after they have bloomed until the leaves are brown, dried, and look dead.
So next year, barring moles and grubs, you should have a lovely garden... Sorry...
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05-04-2009, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by A-BIG-NOTHING
LOL
this is just silly!
i planted about 200 bulbs that i got from costco about a month and half ago......only one has actually stuck its head out of the ground!
this is SO disappointing and i just want to go out there and grab the one that came out and torture it until it tells me where the other 199 went!
i did exactly what the package said i should do....not too deep, not too shallow, watered it right after planting....the whole nine yards!
i bought them from costco....
about 80 or so lillies....
30 iris
40 konwalias
100 or so gladiolus
etc.
NOTHHHHHING! :-(
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You planted BULBS....not seeds. Spring flowering bulbs are supposed to be planted in the FALL. So you will probably will have lots of flowers, NEXT spring. |
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05-04-2009, 08:58 AM
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thank you everyone for the sympathetic responses. lol
and thank you for all the information.
PS. I'M IN NORTHERN VA.
i'll just standby until next spring...
tick tock, tick tock....
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05-04-2009, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by A-BIG-NOTHING
thank you everyone for the sympathetic responses. lol
and thank you for all the information.
PS. I'M IN NORTHERN VA.
i'll just standby until next spring...
tick tock, tick tock....
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You can plant FALL flowering bulbs in the spring...so don't just stand there!   |
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05-04-2009, 10:05 AM
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You can plant FALL flowering bulbs in the spring...so don't just stand there! |
i'm all ears!
which ones are those? |
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05-04-2009, 10:08 AM
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Location: Home is where the heart is
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Quote:
Originally Posted by A-BIG-NOTHING
thank you everyone for the sympathetic responses. lol
and thank you for all the information.
PS. I'M IN NORTHERN VA.
i'll just standby until next spring...
tick tock, tick tock....
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You're in NOVA? Aha, that might explain it. Deer and rabbits could be the problem. I'm in NOVA too and we're limited in what bulbs we can plant. Over the years I've pared it down to just daffodils. |
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05-04-2009, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by normie
You're in NOVA? Aha, that might explain it. Deer and rabbits could be the problem. I'm in NOVA too and we're limited in what bulbs we can plant. Over the years I've pared it down to just daffodils.
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nope. no deers or rabbits. i have a nice 6" fence. plus, i've checked the places i've planted....no disruption of the soil. |
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05-04-2009, 11:50 AM
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Location: Philaburbia
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Well, technically, gladiola, iris and lilies aren't bulbs, either; they're rhizomes.
Hang on, the glads and lilies (what kind?) might still pop up for you. The irises, though, not until next spring.
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