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Old 10-23-2014, 08:23 AM
 
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Have you planted your spring bulbs yet ? if not when will you ? The area(s) that I want to plant my bulbs still have summer plants with color and I hate to just wipe them out. I know the 1st frost will kill all the remaining summer stuff but is that too late to plant the bulbs?
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Old 10-23-2014, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Chapelboro
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I've planted mine. I think you have some wiggle room on it. Probably depends on the bulb variety. Daffodils are usually pretty forgiving, but tulips never do great around here (not cold enough to naturalize).
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Old 10-23-2014, 05:13 PM
 
Location: RTP area, NC
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I have not planted mine yet - they are in a cool, dark corner of my basement waiting...it has been so warm, I worried that they'd start emerging a bit early - I've had that happen.

I have planted bulbs as late as Xmas and they still come up fine. It depends on how quickly the ground actually freezes.
I also have a bulb planter that fits on the drill - so frozen ground of an inch or so doesn't bother me. The ground doesn't really do a solid freeze until January or whenever we have sub-freezing for > 3-5 days or so. Even then, it doesn't really get too deep and the sun usually softens the top inch or so.
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Old 10-24-2014, 12:56 PM
 
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Common wisdom says not to plant until the ground is 65 degrees. I don't think it's quite there yet.
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