How do I store tulip bulbs until I am ready to plant them?

I want to plant some tulip bulbs in a pot for inside the house but do not know how to store them until I am ready to plant them.

How do I store tulip bulbs until I am ready to plant them?
I keep them in my produce bin in the refrigerator, but if you do, don't keep apples by them because of a toxic gas apples put off to bulbs.
Reply:They should be kept cool and dry, perhaps in a bag with holes in it or an onion sack; or even in a pair of tights or pantyhose.
Reply:Keep bulbs in cold, 37 degree F to 42 degree F.


Not too dry room. They need cold for six weeks.


Garage or garden shed, if water does not freeze in there,


is good place to store tulip, lili or other " cold " bulbs.
Reply:I keep mine outside in the cold. If you use a free plastic container (i.e. milk carton, tea bottle) that's been discarded clean it first, leave the lid off, put a few small air holes around the sides, put some dirt inside, then the bulbs, cover w/more dirt. The dirt keeps them from absolute frost bit and the cold air preserves the bulbs until it time to plant them in the Spring.
Reply:i have been told to store them in a closed paper sack.