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Expert: Long Island Gardener - 6/24/2008


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I live in zone 6 and on June 22 I decided to dig up and replant my small front yard, discovering about 150 daffodil bulbs.It could be 2 or 3 weeks before I'm ready to replant my front yard, so I layered the bulb in pots with good dark soil and put them in a shady spot. Was this the right thing to do and if not what should i do?

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These Bulbs like dark, cool storage out of the ground.  Your actions were not gold standard, but they work fairly well.  Daffodils and Tulips need dry, cold storage in Summers in a paper bag.  Then in Winter, they like moist, cold storage.  Your refrigerator is just what the doctor ordered; hopefully your parents are on the intetrnet.

Must be going.  Your followups welcome -- must be a lot of those.

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Growing Tulips? Dahlias? Daffodils? Gladiolus? It doesn't get easier than bulbs and tubers. Once in a while, something goes wrong: The dreaded Narcissus Bulb Fly, which resembles a honeybee. Mosaic virus, which can ignite a field of tulips in a single season. Nematodes, lurking underground. Here on the North Shore of Long Island, the garden is full of surprises. If you live in the Northeast/Atlantic Coast, I can help you pick the right bulb for every season, indoors and out, and help you fertilize, bloom and harvest for home or work. How: I have degrees in related fields, but my best understanding is all learned from trial and error. For most of my 53 years I have been gardening somewhere. No matter what the problem, I've learned the best answers are always Organic -- Earth friendly, less expensive, healthier for people and pets, easier and cleaner than toxic liquids and powders that big chemical companies sell so smoothly.

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Besides degrees in related fields, and a few favorite horticultural societies, I work as a docent at our local botanical gardens -- but it's the years of work in the garden that's the real test.

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