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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Bulbs and Cages

At 12:09 PM 3/13/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Janet, plant crocus in a cage.  I'm serious.  Use fine gauge chicken wire,
>cut into rectangles, rolled into a tube.  Put crocus inside, fold in ends,
>plant in trench & bury.  Works like a charm. (Works for any bulb, too, just
>adjust the size of the wire/tube you use.)  Good luck!  Joann
HI
        The problem that I have experienced with cages (other than badly cut
hands) is that the cages tend to heave out of the ground in a year or two;
they work their way out, while bulbs planted in a natural manner do not. I
shake my bulbs in a bag with some Thiram dust before planting and, althouth
I am sure that it wears off over the years, I have lost fewer bulbs to the
rodents with this method.

Carolyn Q. Bryson, Indianapolis, Zone 5, where my crocus have finished
blooming and many of the daffodils have been knocked over by the hard
freeze.
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