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i decided to take my bulbs out of my flower beds...and turn my beds into into shrub bearing plots ...the bulbs I want to plant in large pots -and just place the blooming pots around the front of the yard...my question is ...when does one plant bulbs in a pot...(right now the bulbs are in a paper bag in my storage box outside....)if I wan them to bloom in May ...(Canada) then when do I plant them ...and where and how do I store them planted or unplanted...needless to say I don't have many like maybe 12 daffodils and 24 tulips
Assuming these Bulbs received excellent care so far, you would have to rest them for several weeks, then chill them for 8 to 10 weeks in pots so that they can grow a root system.
At that point, you would remove them and expose them to cold air temperatures while giving them full sun, in individual pots. Hard to do, even in Canada.
Time it right, and they'll bloom in May.
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