Re: bulb planting tools?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: bulb planting tools?
- From: Y* C*
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:13:16 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Beth" <ehough@home.net>
> Subject: bulb planting tools ?
>
Question - what's your favoritetool for planting
> bulbs - I see a number of special tools advertised
> for this purpose.
Beth, When I have lots of bulbs to plant, I simply use
my favorite spade to dig a flat bottomed hole to the
proper depth. Then I arrange about 5 bulbs in the
hole, closely spaced. The number in the hole depends
on the affect that I want. If I'm naturalizing a large
area, then I'll do lots of holes, fairly close
together with only 3/hole. In any case, the bulbs can
spread outward (and do!), so putting them close
together inside the hole isn't a problem. In fact, the
plants tend to support themselves and not flop when
they're planted this way, so you get a very attractive
display, with less work.
Happy Gardening!
Yvonne in Zone 4 MN
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