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title: "Anyone have tips for getting saffron crocus’ to bloom? They’re…"
description: "Anyone have tips for getting saffron crocus’ to bloom? They’re growing amazingly tall in containers in good draining soil, only 5 bulbs/containers, currently…"
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author: "Snowstorm"
published: "2024-11-23T01:51:16.490479Z"
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# Anyone have tips for getting saffron crocus’ to bloom? They’re…

_Posted by Snowstorm on 2024-11-23_

Anyone have tips for getting saffron crocus’ to bloom? They’re growing amazingly tall in containers in good draining soil, only 5 bulbs/containers, currently over wintering in my garage under a grow light for 16hr/day. (Squirrels and cold temps and extremely cloudy/windy days forced me to overwinter them)

They’re like 12” tall but doesn’t seems to have any flower stems yet just the hair like leaves. Planted them at the end of Sept and they were outdoors for maybe 5weeks before going to overwinter in nov. there are also loads of sprouts from each bulb, I think I’ve counted like 50 ‘stems’ that have come up and unplanted 20 bulbs (\& 1 bulb got stollen by a squirrel)

This is my first time doing crocus’ so still a super noob.

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## 4 comments

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2024-11-23

You could try a specifoc blooming fertilizer

#### Snowstorm replied on 2024-11-23

Ok I’ll try this thanks. I haven’t fertilized them yet.

### Amira commented on 2024-11-23

I was also gonna say fertilize them usually plants that flower need fertilizer to flower

#### Snowstorm replied on 2024-11-23

Should I weaken to fertilizer since they’re currently overwintering?

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