Hi Duane - I'm in Zone 7b too, though up in the PNW. If your bulblets are pushing out a strong root system, or even sprouting already, then my leaning would be to get them in the ground sooner rather than later. Your risk is a late freeze in mid-February or March if they are in the ground - but you could put some leaves on top to protect them, or even some cardboard or old blankets as a short-term fix to a short cold snap. If you keep them in their bins until late-March when the risk of a frost may be largely over my worry would be that they would develop too much in the intervening period; stems may be distorted (since the little bulbs probably aren't pointing up) and you may likely do more damage to the stems and roots by planting them late than they may suffer from being planted early. As I said, your main risk with planting out now would be cold weather in a month or so's time, but you are the better judge to assess whether this is likely. Let us know what you decide!
