Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: mark smyth on December 27, 2012, 07:28:53 PM
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I was shocked to find some Erythronium bulbs stashed away. Not by me but out of sight out of mind.
They look OK so I'll plant them tomorrow. Will they be OK. Should I soak them first?
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A soak overnight would do no harm Mark. As to planting - if your soil temperature is not too cold they should be fine.
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Mark
If the bulbs are still white
I would plant them in your own garden soil in small pots
keep them free of frost till Febr March
and replant them in your garden
Roland
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I'll take photo tomorrow.
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I will be back home late tomorrow
I am with the family in Holland
leaving in six hours and then drive 800 km
so bedtime here
Roland
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as Roland says, if they are white, and not extremely brown and no traces of mould they should be fine. It also depends on the sp/hybrid.
I once planted some dormant erythronium japonicum in january and they did fine and flowered in march/april the same year.
what erythroniums dont like it seems is condensation and changing temperatures if stored in plastic bags with moist peat, as they will become mouldy and rot very quickly.... but if they have been stored quite cold, even just in a box with a bit of soil to keep them from drying out, they should be fine.
i planted a nice selection last october, and am hoping the torrential rain with flooded borders as a result will not have made them all rot! :( (amonghst others i have planted harvington snowgoose, harvinghton superb and hendersonii..)
Pontus