Is it best to soak flower bulbs in water overnight? My mother in law said they would sprout sooner. True or false?

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360 Sod (Donna Dixson) on Feb 25, 2012
There was a discussion on this earlier this week, check out this link http://www.hometalk.com/activity/140756

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Miriam Illions on Feb 26, 2012
According to Walter Reeves, small dry bulbs might benefit from soaking but most bulbs do fine without. What type of bulbs do you have?

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HandyANDY - Handyman & All Repairs, LLC on Feb 26, 2012
True according to my 86-year-old Mother

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