Like you didn’t order them and they just showed up? If so, it’s a common brushing scam. I would not plant any seed if you don’t know where it came from or what it may be.
that flat side that looks like it has slightly inverted, that’s the bottom. That pointy side that has dry fibrous layers bunched up, that’s the top. I don’t know enough to tell you beyond that what the ID is. They are most probably a flowering bulb or corm. I only have grown a few things that look like this, but they do strongly resemble my Gladioli, grape hyacinth, and crocosmia corms.
I actually was in the same situation as you last year, with mystery bulbs/corms. (someone killed the community garden and left out the bulbs in late fall for anyone to take). This past spring/summer, I potted up all of them in 40% grit (I used orchid bark, red lava rock, large perlite and LECA for my grit ingredients) and 60% high-quality soil (Fox Farms Ocean Forest) and watered when the substrate was dry about/at least halfway down the pot. For this size of corms, I would recommend potting up in an 8 inch deep pot with at least 6 to 8 inches of width and of course drainage holes in the bottom. fill the pot a little more than halfway with substrate so that there’s at least 5 inches, if not six, for them to grow roots downward, and then the top should be covered by at least three or 4 inches of substrate once placing the corm in. I recommend potting up mid spring, that’s what all my research suggested and what also worked wonderfully! So for the northern hemisphere—I’m not sure what hemisphere you’re in—that would be around May or so and then you can expect growth and flowering into July and August. I had found mine in June of last year, and put them in a brown paper bag with some holes in it. And kept them in a cool dark place, back of a plant storage (closed storage but still plenty of airflow) shelving thing, around 60° Fahrenheit or lower, and then potted them up mid spring. I got three different plants it turned out! They were gladioli, crocosmias, and grape hyacinths! I didn’t know anything about flowers, but I cared for them just as I described above, after tons of research, and almost all of them bloomed this year! They do have to reach a certain maturity in order to bloom, I think it’s after two or three years with seasonal cycles that they do bloom! they also might form cormlets, which will look like tiny versions of these on the underside, which can be stored similarly and planted similarly as well!
icancount192
These are bulbs, always start them in dirt.
Not sure what species they are, but they don’t look like either narcissus or gladiolus that I have both planted.
The flat part goes at the bottom, the pointy part goes up.
Depth is usually 2-3 times the height of the bulb. So somewhere around 5-6cm for these.
Water scarcely until the shoot emerges. Maybe once when you first plant them and never again until they emerge in 7-15 days.
I would agree that if these were seeds I wouldn’t plant them. But bulbs if planted in a pot are hardly ever invasive. They mostly produce shitty hard to germinate seeds and no runners.
alltheways7522
In this particular instance I doubt it is a scam due to the correctly spelled accompanying note and packaging. Personally would pot them up and see what happens. My guess is crocus or daffodil. I wouldn’t recommend planting outdoors till you know what they are.
TKG_Actual
Those are a type of bulb called a corm, and in of that based on the appearance, they could be Crocus, Gladiolus, Colchicum, Crocosmia or a few others. Here’s a [list of possibilities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corm), If you intend to grow these do so in a pot so you aren’t accidentally spreading an invasive species.
WritPositWrit
They look like small daffodil bulbs.
Threeandtwoand
This is how aliens will be introduced to us. Little baggies in the driveway.
_thegnomedome2
Looks like crocus
creeplet
I would err on the side of caution and destroy (not just toss) them.
Ok-Hearing756
Do not plant it if you did not order it.
Ok-Thing-2222
You’re supposed to destroy them. Its been going on for a couple years now; I got foreign seeds and you do not want to plant anything ‘free’.
BigJSunshine
DO NOT PLANT
Poolparty10
What does the note say? Who is it from? Are you in a gardening club? This seems suspicious.
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They are almost 2 cm or nickel sized.
*Feeeeed me Seymore! Feed me all night long!*
Like you didn’t order them and they just showed up? If so, it’s a common brushing scam. I would not plant any seed if you don’t know where it came from or what it may be.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/s/oQYohI9o3o
Destroy them.
that flat side that looks like it has slightly inverted, that’s the bottom. That pointy side that has dry fibrous layers bunched up, that’s the top. I don’t know enough to tell you beyond that what the ID is. They are most probably a flowering bulb or corm. I only have grown a few things that look like this, but they do strongly resemble my Gladioli, grape hyacinth, and crocosmia corms.
I actually was in the same situation as you last year, with mystery bulbs/corms. (someone killed the community garden and left out the bulbs in late fall for anyone to take). This past spring/summer, I potted up all of them in 40% grit (I used orchid bark, red lava rock, large perlite and LECA for my grit ingredients) and 60% high-quality soil (Fox Farms Ocean Forest) and watered when the substrate was dry about/at least halfway down the pot. For this size of corms, I would recommend potting up in an 8 inch deep pot with at least 6 to 8 inches of width and of course drainage holes in the bottom. fill the pot a little more than halfway with substrate so that there’s at least 5 inches, if not six, for them to grow roots downward, and then the top should be covered by at least three or 4 inches of substrate once placing the corm in. I recommend potting up mid spring, that’s what all my research suggested and what also worked wonderfully! So for the northern hemisphere—I’m not sure what hemisphere you’re in—that would be around May or so and then you can expect growth and flowering into July and August. I had found mine in June of last year, and put them in a brown paper bag with some holes in it. And kept them in a cool dark place, back of a plant storage (closed storage but still plenty of airflow) shelving thing, around 60° Fahrenheit or lower, and then potted them up mid spring. I got three different plants it turned out! They were gladioli, crocosmias, and grape hyacinths! I didn’t know anything about flowers, but I cared for them just as I described above, after tons of research, and almost all of them bloomed this year! They do have to reach a certain maturity in order to bloom, I think it’s after two or three years with seasonal cycles that they do bloom! they also might form cormlets, which will look like tiny versions of these on the underside, which can be stored similarly and planted similarly as well!
These are bulbs, always start them in dirt.
Not sure what species they are, but they don’t look like either narcissus or gladiolus that I have both planted.
The flat part goes at the bottom, the pointy part goes up.
Depth is usually 2-3 times the height of the bulb. So somewhere around 5-6cm for these.
Water scarcely until the shoot emerges. Maybe once when you first plant them and never again until they emerge in 7-15 days.
I would agree that if these were seeds I wouldn’t plant them. But bulbs if planted in a pot are hardly ever invasive. They mostly produce shitty hard to germinate seeds and no runners.
In this particular instance I doubt it is a scam due to the correctly spelled accompanying note and packaging. Personally would pot them up and see what happens. My guess is crocus or daffodil. I wouldn’t recommend planting outdoors till you know what they are.
Those are a type of bulb called a corm, and in of that based on the appearance, they could be Crocus, Gladiolus, Colchicum, Crocosmia or a few others. Here’s a [list of possibilities](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corm), If you intend to grow these do so in a pot so you aren’t accidentally spreading an invasive species.
They look like small daffodil bulbs.
This is how aliens will be introduced to us. Little baggies in the driveway.
Looks like crocus
I would err on the side of caution and destroy (not just toss) them.
Do not plant it if you did not order it.
You’re supposed to destroy them. Its been going on for a couple years now; I got foreign seeds and you do not want to plant anything ‘free’.
DO NOT PLANT
What does the note say? Who is it from? Are you in a gardening club? This seems suspicious.