Hewitt's Garden Centers > Questions > Hi PeterI dug some tulips bulbs at Washington Park this weekend and wasn’t able to plant them within a day or two. I was instructed to let the stems/bulbs dry (spead them out) but don’t know if I am suppose to plant them after that (and assume I won’t get blooms next spring) or should I wait until fall to plant, as you usually do with tulips? if I wait until fall, how should I store them? thanks so much! Rebecca
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Hi PeterI dug some tulips bulbs at Washington Park this weekend and wasn’t able to plant them within a day or two. I was instructed to let the stems/bulbs dry (spead them out) but don’t know if I am suppose to plant them after that (and assume I won’t get blooms next spring) or should I wait until fall to plant, as you usually do with tulips? if I wait until fall, how should I store them? thanks so much! Rebecca

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Peter Bowden5.56K 0 Comments

At this point you might as well wait until fall to plant them.  Snip off the dried up leaves and flowers and store them in a cool dry place for the summer.  Plant them in September and add some bone meal to the planting holes.  HERE’S a link to more on fall bulb planting.

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