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If you lift and store Tulip bulbs over winter until autumn before re-planting make sure they're safe from mice because they will eat the lot.

 

I thought you planted them in autumn and they overwintered in the ground.??

 

Sorry, I wasn't thinking straight when I posted that

I have had problems with rodents eating them overwinter when layering them in pots and keeping in polytunnels for early flowers, but the pests would have a go at the top biulbs close to the surface before I placed the pots on staging/tables.

 

I will definitely keep an eye on this. Thank you for this information. I suspect a large part is there are just too many bulbs crammed in one space. The anemones hardly ever flower either. The aluims seem to fair better and the various lilly species do best. I will try what Sarah Raven recommends, not planting the bulbs too close together, but layering them instead.