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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-21-07 07:58 PM
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so when are people planting their bulbs this fall with the warm weather?
It's been very warm here and still is, even this late in October

I was thinking about doing it soon, but I don't want to them to start coming up too soon!
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 06:55 AM
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1. What warm weather? Where are you?
I'm here in northern California and it is cold at night, so help me God...
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 01:43 PM
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2. Pittsburgh!
It isn't cold, not a damn bit! It's very strange.

It's 82 today, 20 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year, if not more.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-22-07 07:57 PM
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3. We has such a mild Winter last year, in NC, bulbs came up early anyway.
I'm planting some now, and putting extra mulch on them.
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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-23-07 05:16 AM
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4. As long as they are planted before the ground freezes
They should be fine, assuming the squirrels don't dig them up for a tasty mid-winter snack.
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plantwomyn Donating Member (779 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-05-07 03:16 PM
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5. Chicken wire!
I started putting chicken wire over my mom's bulbs years ago. Not because of squirrels but because we have so many plants she kept digging up bulbs every time she planted. This way she knows there are bulbs where she's digging and either has to move them or dug somewhere else.
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