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| Last fall (October 2011), I received 6 hyacinth grape bulbs for free in the mail. To my surprise, all 6 of them are beginning to sprout (inside the plastic bag in which they were mailed to me). What should I do? Should I go outside and plant them? And if so, how deep should I plant them since they're already sprouting? Or should I plant them in pots indoors? Then again, how deep should they be planted into pots?
I live in Atlanta, so it's been averaging in the 50s and 60s during the daytime. We've had a very mild winter. I even have wave petunias in one flower bed that never died. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. |
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| You want plant them, sooner rather than later. Put them in a frost-proof pot or in the garden, about 3" deep, and water them in. They should be out-of-doors. If the sprouts are growing the wrong way, set them on their sides and they will grow up. |
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| thanks, nhbabs!!! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Feb 22, 12 at 9:38
| babs.. you are too far north.. lol in GA.. plant them ... isnt the usual rule.. 3 times the diameter of the bulb.. 3 inches sounds a bit deep ... heck .. i have hundreds lose on top of the soil right now .. and they are sprouting .. and the soil is frozen ... [who knows how they got there] if you figure out how to kill these.. let us know ... lol .. ken ps: and in 5 years.. when you have 50 million of them.. from those 6 .. pot some up in late fall ... and bring them in the house about now.. and they will force very easily .... these things make rabbit seem celibate ... |
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| Get them in the ground! Or plant them in a pot and enjy them indoors, and when they are done blooming, put them outside for next year. They are so easy to transplant that you can dig them up in full bloom and bring a pot of them indoors, and put them back outside again afterwards. |
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| Ok...so I take it that these things are invasive. Will they spread to areas adjacent to where they are planted? Or will they literally come up on the other side of the house from where they are planted? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 24, 12 at 9:53
| absolutely not ... your 6 .. will be 18 .. next year... etc .. if you planted them in a nice 8 inch pattern.. in 5 to 10 years.. you will have a 2 foot wide circle ... and thats it ... in three years.. you could dig them up.. harvest 25 mature bulbs.. and plant them in other places ... they have one of the most unique aromas in flower.. when you can get enough to really smell them ... i would not worry about these ... i am not aware of any BULB.. that can move around the yard.. as you suggest ... except with human intervention ... check out my river pix, below ... the neighbor dug up her 2 foot bunch.. and asked if i wanted them ... and i got creative ... planting 10 bulbs in each spot .... rabbits and the growth of the conifers kinda ruined it .. but it is still there ... and not many bulbs thrive in pure sand ... they make me very happy.. i think it is a childhood memory thing ... ken
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| great info and great pics! thanks, ken! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 27, 12 at 17:10
| do note.. they are not marching across the yard on their own.. i planted them that way.. lol ... you cracked me up with this: Or will they literally come up on the other side of the house from where they are planted? no.. they are not in the mint family. lol ... ken |
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| Hereabouts, they seed -- prolifically -- unless you deadhead them. |
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| Ken, they will literally come up on the other side of the house. In the lawn, in the gravel driveway, wherever the seeds get scattered when you clean up the dead stems, the birds carry them, the wind blows them, they get carried on shoes and feet. This property had them when I moved here and they are from one end of our acre to the other. By themselves. Prolific little devils. But lovely, and since they are bulbs that come up, bloom in the spring, and disappear, I just enjoy them and don't worry about them. If they grow in places where I don't want them, I just pop them out of the ground and stick them in the "river" I've got going through the woods. It's about 50' long and two feet wide in places now. One day when all the baby bulbs get big enough to bloom, it will be a spectacular sight! Sandy |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sun, Mar 4, 12 at 16:49
| They seed here too. I've been digging the little buggers up for years now. They are in the lawn, all around the house, between stones, in the crowns of other plants. I'm sorry I planted them. I hate their foliage in the fall, it smothers more desirable plants. I do not have the big amount of open space that Ken has. |
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| I leave mine by the side of my house until they stop blooming and then i usually mow them. im surprised the seeds havent shot all over the yard. i would like to relocate some of them to the front of my house where i have a spring bloom area, tulips, daffodils and irises. the only problem is im afraid if i dig to put in the hyacinth bulb, ill hit some other kind of bulb. maybe i should wait until everything has sprouted this spring and then dig around? |
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