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How To Save Flower Bulbs © 2008

A number of favorite flowers in the garden grow from bulbs. Springtime favorites like tulips, daffodils, crocus, hyacinth and alliums grow from either bulbs or bulb like things like corms. Sometimes the gardener wants to relocate a flower bed, divide a planting to renew it, or simply move the flowers to a different location. But how do you save flower bulbs from the time you dig them until their normal planting time, or when the new bed is ready.

All of the bulbs have very similiar cultures and needs when it comes time to save them for later planting. Mark the bulbs location when the plants are still blooming with a small stake. You may label the stake and photo the flowers so you remember what they look like when you want to plant them. Print the photos out, label them and store them until needed.

After all the foliage has died away, carefully dig around the bulbs. Gently lift the bulbs from the ground, shake off all the dirt and lay them out on newspaper in a cool, dry area out of direct sun. Remeber to put the label from the stake on the drying bulbs.Allow them to dry for a week or so. Put the dried bulbs in a mesh bag and hang in a cool, dry room out of the sun. Place the photos you took earlier in a sealable plastic bag and put them into the bags with the bulbs in which they are saved.

Leave the bulbs until fall until it is time to plant. Plant the bulbs you have saved using the directions for planting for each individual flower type.
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