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If you love spring flowers like daffodils and tulips, then you need a plan and plant ahead...
because spring blooming bulbs start with fall planting. Hi, I'm William Moss and I'm going to show how to
plant bulbs for
stunning spring garden. The most popular type of spring bulbs include tulips
which come in
in a vivid array of colors like reds, yellows, oranges, purples
and whites, and daffodils
also called narcissus.
Typically they vary in colors of
yellow and white but there are also some peach varieties.
They have that little cup in the middle surrounded by the frilly petals
that everyone is so familiar with.
The first step
is to dig a hole. We've already got our hole here. And the depth of our hole is determined by
the size of the bulb. The general rule is three times as wide as the bulb is
how deep you need to go.
So this particular bulb is about two inches our hole is about six inches.
You can see here for these smaller bulbs there about one inch so there are only
three inches deep into the ground.
And then you have to plant it right side up.
You'll notice but the bottom of the bulb
has some old ruffled roots on the bottom and the top of it will be more tapered.
The next step is to sprinkle a little fertilizer in the bottom of the hole
turn it all in, that way the bulbs are fed,
and they have food and nutrition right at their roots
right away.
So you simply just place the bulbs in the hole.
You want to make sure they aren't touching.
So I'm arranging them with the tops up and have them not touching. If you've got the space
you can plant them by the hundreds. It really looks nice. If you're working in an exisiting
garden like we are here, we put about twelve of them in this hole.
You never want to plant once single bulb. Always plant them in mass to give you a big
show.
The next step the cover them up with soil.
After you water,
Now it's time to mulch.
You simply spread
About two inches of mulch over the top,
you can actually go to four, two to four inches over the top, and that helps keep the soil a
consistent temperature
all winter.
And that's it. You step back and let nature take its course. In early spring
you'll notice the green shoots start to pop up. Plant these
beautiful bulbs every fall and you'll have a flower filled yard every spring.