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I purchased four bags of these yesterday, they were on sale and I was checking out. I didn't have time to even look inside the bag until I got home.
Are these savable?
The area I want to plant them in is not yet ready, what's my best bet? Pots for now or finding an area in another garden and transplanting them later?
 

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Pot them up with good compost as soon as possible. I used to worry seeing stems sticking out of plants. But I bought an amaryllis with a stem sticking out and it turned out to be much better than the one with no stem sticking out. That's my observation only. I am no expert. It's a sign that the plants want to grow and are growing. They reduced them so that YOU can give them a home asap. Far better than buying sales items with shrivel bulbs.
 

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Oh, no. You could easily peel off some scales, mix them with moist vermiculite or even compost and sealed the whole thing up with a bag after blowing some air into it. Put the whole thing in a warm dark place, and you will have bulblets in no time.

Have a look and have fun.

As long as you leave some in the main bulbs, scaling the bulb will not affect the growth of the plant at all.
 

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