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Re: bulbs planting time

thank you very much.  I think I'm going to let them sit a while and do like
you said and just get them in before Thanksgiving.  Sorry to hear about
your hardpan.  That stuff is the pits.  

Robin



At 04:34 PM 9/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Robin, Im also in the pacific northwest (Bellevue) and I think we are more
>zone 8 than zone 6/ regarding your hardpan if its three feet down, you are
>lucky!! Mine is about one foot down. Here's the rule I follow when planting
>bulbs.. anytime in the fall as long as its before Thanksgiving. In fact one
>year we ended up planting 250 bulbs on Thanksgiving day,  were we glad when
>it was time for dinner. The key that I've found with bulbs is to much sure
>you put them at the proper planting depth.. probably 6 inches with
>daffodils and sprinkle some BONE meal in the planting hole. The crocus can
>be planted much shallower. The rule of thumb is twice the depth of the bulb
>size.. so tiny ones are very shallow. The daffs I have that are at the
>proper depth bloom much better than the ones I just threw into a 3 inch
>hold. Good luck. 
>
>At 03:55 PM 9/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>I was given some bulbs for my birthday.  I think they are daffs, the people
>>who bought them weren't gardeners. I also bought some crocus.  I live in
>>the wet PNW  actually not far from Duncan since I'm in Federal Way also.  I
>>think we are in zone 6.  The problem is that in my yard we have hard pan
>>about three feet down and the drainage is terrible.  I'm afraid to put the
>>bulbs in now that the wet conditions will cause them to rot.  I was
>>thinking it might be better to wait until just before we get to freezing
>>temps and plant then.  Anyone have any thought one way or the other?
>>
>>Robin
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