I bough 30 Saffron Crocus bubs in Nov. & planted them & now they look like they are going dormant now Did I plant them to late. Should I remove them
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An update from you would be good. If you left them in the ground, you should be seeing flowers and foliage soon. I would think that you planted them too late to get flowers in that year, but hopefully they still would have lived.
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I have gardened for over 35 years in Arizona and have found that removing bulbs and storing them is beyond my comfort level. I plant bulbs in pots mostly and over-winter them with a flower that doesn't require much water. Many bulbs naturalize in time and that's what I depend on. Go through the season (for me the first season is never the greatest) and wait for the second season when the bulbs...in your case saffron crocus, pop up on their own. Weather has a lot to do with blooming so be patient and look forward to being surprised! My crocus bloom in the spring in Arizona.
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Go too www.whiteflowerfarm.com for all your answers to saffron crocus bulb planting.
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Saffron bulbs naturally go dormant in the spring and summer. They bloom in the fall which is opposite most crocuses. I used the directions on a website called easytogrowbulbs.com search saffron crocus on that site. It can confirm if you planted them right. If you can tell they are going dormant I assume they were growing! You probably did just fine. They will stay dormant until fall and will not need much water. Hope this helps!
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I did 30 also but only some came up still no flowers at this time and leafs are very fine and just bent over. I would just leave them in the ground. I don't think they bloom until late summer.. I wish I could help but just not sure?
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I wish I knew what to tell you. I too planted my bulbs late. They came up and were green but have now gone dormant. I plan to leave them in and expect they will adjust and begin growing in late summer when they shoud. I know that's not much of an answer, but thought I'd let you know my plans. Good luck and let's hope we have some saffron come Christmas!
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Hi, I bought 10 bulbs in November. I planted them immediately and everyone of them came out. I am still waiting for flowers.
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Hi, sarann. I planted mine in dense shade with a lot of water and dappled shade with less water. The heavy shade grew profusely but didn't bloom much. The dappled shade were sparser but bloomed and that was the only area that had any come back this year. So you will see some growth regarless of how much shade they have. I wish that I had bought multiple packs and mixed them with seed starter or sand to spread them out more and get more coverage.
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It was about the same time of the year when I planted mine. As I remember it took more or less a week for them to sprout. Almost all of the seed did sprout eventually. Make sure they aren't growing inwardly, towards the ground. I tried to have mine indoors, in southern California, but my gardening skills aren't that great and they ended up dying before I could harvest them. Maybe I'll try again this year. I've seen people planting the seeds indoors and them moving them outside after it sprouts successfully. Hope it helps.
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Diane, I know when I planted mine late last year it took awhile for them to come up too. Not knowing how you planted them I'm not sure what's going on. Hopefully you planted them no more than maybe an inch deep in good soil, with at least some sun shine and have been watering them occasionally. If so, they should be popping up soon. The ones I planted this year only got about half as tall as last year before they started to bloom, but they came up quicker. I would rather have the bigger plants. Be patient, I don't think you will be disappointed.
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I haven't planted mine yet. Sometime I have trouble starting them too. I had one that took a year to come up. I have sandy soil which i think they like. May be start them in pots for protection and let them seed naturally where you want then to go. I know they don't transplant well.
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My crocus bulbs came up fine even tho' I am in zone 9a. No frost that year, so plant late and remove from ground a bit early. I hope that is meaningful to you.
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I planted mine in late spring/early summer. They are growing well, no blooms yet. They are hardy in zones 8A to zone 11 and must have at least 6 hours of sun each day. You may want to contact a nursery in your area and they can tell you when the Bottle Brush should be planted. Good luck
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No as soon as you put them in the soil, you should water them or make sure the soil is wet when you root them.
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Do you have a warm very sunny place to put them if you plant them if so I would go ahead and plant them if not I would wait and place the cuttings in a cool place until spring. I am certainty not an expert on these but, this is what I would do if I had just received them. Hope this helps!
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I got my seeds from amazon. Planted them in a hanging basket, and nothing came up. So I wrote to Renee's Garden, the lady who provided the seeds. These seeds need to be planted when the temperatures do not go below 50 at night. Renee sent me a new packet of seeds and I planted them in a hanging basket. The temps are warmer now, and they really began to pop up when we got into the 90's. They like moist, humid weather and warm, warm, warm. Mine have not bloomed yet, but they are coming along. If you wish me to contact you when they bloom, just let me know.
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This is my second season using the seeds I ordered from the same source as you have. I had no problem getting the first batch to come up in Spring of 2014 and I just used the last of the seeds for new baby Comphrey's two weeks ago and they still came up under a grow light using regular seed sprouter soil. Sorry to hear that yours are not performing for you. But I was quite impressed with the company and will be ordering varieties from the same company for next Spring.
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I have planted them, about 7-8 weeks ago. And disappointedly to this day only 9 have grown!!!! I love those plants, when I lived in Md., I had a huge pot of them, but since my mother passed away, my brothers have thrown everything we owned away, cause my father could not afford house in Md anymore! If you want I will send you a picture of what grew. My mother loved these, thatswhy I ordered them, there is not one nursery in Myrtle Beach, SC that sell them!
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I did not. Put them in dirt, watered and almost every seed germinated. They grew like weeds. I've already had to transplant them into larger pots. I did water them every day, lightly.
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Make sure u are not over watering them. they only need to be watered once a week if so.
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I have purchased this item and they doesn't grow :( It seems that it is my mistake with growing :( But.. for me this tree can be as usual tree's in middle growth like a lemon tree. They need just warm place and no sun.
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I had a similar experience. Since you put them in the refrigerator to keep them in their dormant stage, the best thing you can do is to plant them as soon as you can get a shovel into the ground. Plant them initially below the freeze line 8 inches down in composted soil. In late February early March, remove 4 inches of the soil in order to make sure they do not have to hard to put up in the spring. When you see them coming out of the ground in late in April,fill the trench in slowly with loose compost. When you see the sprigs come up and provide plenty of compost, you will feel excited and even more motivated to care for them. Good luck. Mr. P I had a similar experience. Since you put them in the refrigerator to keep them in their dormant stage, the best thing you can do is to plant them as soon as you can get a shovel into the ground. Plant them initially below the freeze line 8 inches down in composted soil. In late February early March, remove 4 inches of the soil in order to make sure they do not have to hard to put up in the spring. When you see them coming out of the ground in late in April,fill the trench in slowly with loose compost. When you see the sprigs come up and provide plenty of compost, you will feel excited and... » Read More I had a similar experience. Since you put them in the refrigerator to keep them in their dormant stage, the best thing you can do is to plant them as soon as you can get a shovel into the ground. Plant them initially below the freeze line 8 inches down in composted soil. In late February early March, remove 4 inches of the soil in order to make sure they do not have to hard to put up in the spring. When you see them coming out of the ground in late in April,fill the trench in slowly with loose compost. When you see the sprigs come up and provide plenty of compost, you will feel excited and even more motivated to care for them. Good luck. Mr. P « Show Less
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Hi, mine are thriving and all I do is once a month change the water and rinse the roots, they need light but not full sunlight. They seem to do great with just a little plant fetilizer in their water, just a little tho. Maybe once a month or so. If you forget, it doesnt seem to bother them. Enjoy them, I do, they are so pretty when they get tall and bush out.