Eden brothers 50% today tulip and daffodils

https://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/ has many half price prices more or less. Not sure if it is too late for most. Got damn cold fast this year.

I'd be hard-pressed to think bulbs were still in good shape this time of year.

Re; Dbarrons statement.

I've sorta wondered about this partially. Aside from nurserys who grow/sell bloom bulbs for a living.......for the places like scheppers, etc that get orders and generally ship them out in the span of the ~fall months~.

What exactly is the process. Fields over at the NL are contracted to plant/package/ship orders from said USA bulb retailers. Then I presume they are shipped on refrigerated cargo ship ? Which is at least 30 days on the waterin transit. Logistally, said USA retailers won't be keeping all their bulbs in the fridge or hvac controlled. So do they aim to take their own bulb delivery towards End of August, etc.

Anyone have some insight ?

I don't think the shipments or storage are refrigerated, I think only if a vendor is offering pre-cooled bulbs do they chill them on purpose, in which case they cool them when they get them and then send them out in December or whenever they've gone through enough weeks of chilling.

I still have bulbs which I dug last summer which need replanting. I'm dreading it but not worried about it being too late. I've bought bulbs many times on clearance and the standard stuff like tulips, daffs, and hyacinths have never been a problem, even if I've had to crack through a little ice or brush aside some snow to get them in the ground!

Well I've got my "sale" bulbs online, somewhat dried up to totally dried up. I was naive and assumed they would not sell bulbs if they were dead. Some of the species Tulip little bulbs are easy to crush. I got a few types of fritillaria, even a month ago, and those smaller "bulbs" are totally dried up. Any chance they will grow, i read that fritillaria do not like drying out not in the soil?

I mean they got your money, you might as well plant them and hope.

They certainly won't grow if you don't plant them.

I don't know about frits (because I can't grow the things), but eranthis and anemones are also that way, the only dependable way to get stock in good shape is a bulb specialist, who will ship it in slightly moistened peat moss.

Noki I would try and get some money back. If the tulips are so dry they're crushable that would say to me they're either way older than they claim or they were stored in an oven...

Fritts bulbs should be soft, not dried at all. If it's a reputable firm they should refund or at least consider it even if they're clearance bulbs. I know you can't expect perfect bulbs on clearance, but they shouldn't be outright dead.

Most of the small Tulip bulbs were okay, somewhat dry, thou a few seemed completely dried out. I assume some will grow.

I got some F. camschatcensis, the bulbs were dry like a crunchy breakfast food. Any chance? Got one F. thunbergii and the bulb was falling apart into rice like pieces. DId get some Frillaria Imperialis a month ago and they were sort of like an onion with a cool funky smell, so those should be okay.

Some of the smaller fritts make bunches of tiny offsets which look like rice. Do you think that's what you're seeing? You can plant the little rice offsets and given a few years they will be big enough to bloom.