Should you dig up flower bulbs to overwinter them? No, because if you dig up the bulbs there is a risk that they will dry up.
After a long winter, we all look forward to spring and the first heralds of spring, which will finally usher in spring with tulips, daffodils and daffodils. Luckily, if you quickly buried the flower bulbs in the ground on the spot in autumn.
Now everything can flourish and the garden can be transformed into a sea of flowers. And then, when the flowers have withered, they are cut off, the bulbs are dug up and stored until autumn. And that's exactly wrong!
So that flower bulbs do not dry out
I advise against digging up spring bulbs. Flower bulbs store all the energy of the plant that bursts out again in spring. The bulbs should therefore remain in the ground all year round.
Because if you dig them up and store them, there is a risk that they will dry up or become infected with a fungus. However, if they remain in the ground, they can form daughter bulbs and gather new strength during the time when they are not flowering (also called the dormant period). In the following years you have ever-growing islands of flowers.
And the whole thing has another advantage: you can save yourself the work of digging and digging in the onions.
Frost sensitive bulbs
Of course, the situation is completely different with exotic plants, which can now also be found in our gardens. These include, for example, gladioli, ranunculus, dahlias and also begonias.
These warmth-loving bloomers should be planted out and stored in the fall (see Overwintering Dahlias) as they usually die in frosty temperatures.