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Gardening

Major Nikon

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2. Some people do to insure against bad ones

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Thu Oct 27, 2016, 06:50 PM

Oct 2016

If you are using a good source for bulbs it's probably not necessary, but if you are just picking them up at the big box home improvement store, then it's not a bad idea if you're concerned about coverage the first year.

I like to plant bulbs in random patterns so that if a few don't come up it's not a big deal. In subsequent years they are going to be less uniform anyway.

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Can you really plant multiple bulbs in the same hole? [View all] LaydeeBug Oct 2016 OP

Sure, if the hole is big enough. TygrBright Oct 2016 #1

How deep do you plant them? nt LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #3

About 2-3 times deeper than the height of the bulb. TygrBright Nov 2016 #4

Some people do to insure against bad ones Major Nikon Oct 2016 #2

Then the squirrels come along and mess up the whole thing! When I lived in japple Dec 2016 #5

I'm not sure why, but I rarely see squirrels around my neighborhood Major Nikon Dec 2016 #6