Moving Crocuses

nomnomnom

Moving in the next 8 weeks. Should I wait 'til they die then transfer the bulbs to compost in a pot, then immediately to the soil when I move?

I'm not very green fingered and don't want to kill them...

4li5on

We've just moved loads of snowdrops and they have survived really well. Just dug them up and potted them in some biggish pots with a mixture of garden soil and compost. Kept them watered and transplanted them to their new homes after about 3 weeks. They are still flowering, haven't wiltered or anything.

I would assume crocuses would be the same - just make sure they are replanted or potted at the same depth as they are now. Even if they are not best pleased at being moved now, the greenery might shrivel up, but they'll come back good as new next time!

tobit

Snowdrops are best moved in the green, and still flowering, anyway. You're supposed to wait till crocuses have died back - except that most people a) can't find them then b) have forgotten where they wanted to move them ... I dug up a clump of favourite crocuses last spring, just about now, split the clump and transplanted the individual (just finished flowering) corms to just the places where I could see they should go. They're all flowering merrily now - so, yes - dig up the corms you want to take with you now, get them into shallow pots, and they'll be all ready for when you move house. I'd leave them in the pots, too, until next spring, when you'll be able to see exactly where you want them to grow as there may be other crocuses already in the new garden.