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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (37976)	11/20/2001 11:27:03 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I'm not too proud to learn. I did follow their advice, and have had excellent results with my daffodils. I figured they know the climate and the planting needs of the particular varieties they sell better than I do. But I did a bit of a search on the net, and what I found is that most sites simply say "fall planting"; I'm not sure whether they consider late November still to be fall. On site said they had to be planted before the first frost, which we have already had up here, though not a hard frost. But we've had 14 inches of snow in eastern Skagit County, and I doubt you should plant after you've had 14 inches of snow, should you? The clearest direction I got was from this site which discussed SouthEast England, which is fairly similar, I think to our climate here. She recommends planting by the end of August, though they can, she says, be planted as late as October or early (not late) November. countrylife.co.uk This site says to plant six weeks before the first hard frost, but also says if you don't get them in on time, you can try planting as late as January or even February. register.bellaonline.com I don't pretend to be an expert. I have followed the instructions and advice of the professional growers, who stop selling about the end of September and advise you to plant as soon after buying as you can. What I'm gathering from all this is that ideally they should have been planted long since, but that it is possible to plant them much later and hope for the best. Well, my original statement was "In this area, it's the wrong time to plant daffodils. " Message 16677046 That's what started this discussion. I will modify that to say that "In this area, it's not the right time to plant daffodils for best results, but if necessary they can be planted and hope for the best." Would you disagree with that modification?