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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NW Ohio
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Location: NW Ohio
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Originally Posted by hollym
I've always planted those in the fall. Unfortunately, as time goes by fewer and fewer come up. I think that varmints are eating the bulbs.
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A lot of animals do eat bulbs. I have a problem with squirrels - either they eat them or just relocate them. That was driving me nuts, because I KNEW where I'd put them. so why were they coming up other places? And why were things coming up I hadn't even planted?
The squirrels had swiped 'em from the neighbors!
You can keep the thieving down a bit by planting a piece of chicken wire over the bulbs if you want. It's hard for them to dog through that. Just make sure the holes are big enough for the leaves to grow though.
Give them a little Bulb Booster food, and dig em up if they stop blooming well, spread them out. Put them where they get a few hours of sun a day.
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