for tulip,hyacinths, etc. bulbs -don't throw them in the freezer. In fact, don't throw any bulbs in freezers. you are supposed to chill them in the fridge . Put them in paper bags and in your crisper for a few weeks. In fact you could have done this back in teh fall and taken them out this spring. Plant them in pots, add water and they will start popping up.

However, you didn't mention what kind of bulbs you have. In fact, I'm curious as to why you'd have tulip bulbs at this time of the year. Tulips normally come out in the fall. So is it possible you have another kind of plant?

I didn't read the subject line so you do have tulip bulbs. You see tulips are dug up and out of the ground early the previous year to prepare them for shipment and sales which starts around Sept. I've seen them sold earlier in August. Which means that tulips still not in the ground now, have been out of the ground since that time in the previous year. Are these fresh tulips that you got?

Hello, thanks for your reply :) I accctually have some left from fall planting, I bought 2 huge bags from cosco and didnt have enough areas to plant them in. (so no there not fresh bulbs) They dont sell any tulip bulbs around here in the spring or summer just the fall.
I am sure they will go moldy soon...... I kept them in my basement and now thought it would be pretty neat to plant some in pots for my house, tulips are my favorite :)

So I should put them in the fridge for a while??

thanks

I would put them in containers and leave them outside right now. Not sure how they'd do since tulips need a couple of months of cold, but they might grow now and you could transplant them later in the season. Or you could plant them in the containers and leave them in the fridge for a few weeks if you have the room.

In my opinion, don't force a bloom otherwise they would exhaust all their energies and die. I would simply put them in the ground and wait out until next season.

The next time around. leave them in the fridge but never in the freezer. The freezer will kill off the bulbs.

Ok thanks guys!!!!! I will try both ways :) See what works!