Comments on: Break a Bulb Rule Today http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/157 Susan Harris's blog about eco-friendly and urban gardening, plus the adventures of a DC-based garden writer, coach and occasional rabble-rowser. Mon, 24 May 2010 11:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Vol Abroad http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/157/comment-page-1#comment-565 Vol Abroad Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:52:50 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=157#comment-565 Worth a try! Worth a try!

]]> By: contrary1 http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/157/comment-page-1#comment-564 contrary1 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:28:33 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=157#comment-564 I don't have to worry about taking leaves off or not, my bulbs don't come back ....ever. They get eaten by critters. I have been getting better at putting some bulbs in pots & then sinking them in the ground........but gads, that is work!!! I'm basically, a lazy gardener! I don’t have to worry about taking leaves off or not, my bulbs don’t come back ….ever. They get eaten by critters. I have been getting better at putting some bulbs in pots & then sinking them in the ground……..but gads, that is work!!! I’m basically, a lazy gardener!

]]> By: M Sinclair Stevens (Texas) http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/157/comment-page-1#comment-563 M Sinclair Stevens (Texas) Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:04:15 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=157#comment-563 I've been wondering about the daffodil foliage. I also tie them loosely with raffia, allowing the foliage to flop over the tie like a miniature haystack, or some ornamental grass. As far as I can see the foliage gets as much sunlight as it did before I tied it, and I don't tie it so tightly as to make the leaves die. Was that the problem with tying them with knots that the prohibition was meant to correct? Can't tell if it works, because my record with daffodils is pretty uneven. How I envy your tulips. Even the species one that grow here not needing a chill period open and wither in a day...it's been close to 90 this week. Down here, tulips are one flower that it is cheaper to buy as a cut flower if I really want a reliable source of them. And they never come back, of course. I’ve been wondering about the daffodil foliage. I also tie them loosely with raffia, allowing the foliage to flop over the tie like a miniature haystack, or some ornamental grass. As far as I can see the foliage gets as much sunlight as it did before I tied it, and I don’t tie it so tightly as to make the leaves die. Was that the problem with tying them with knots that the prohibition was meant to correct? Can’t tell if it works, because my record with daffodils is pretty uneven.

How I envy your tulips. Even the species one that grow here not needing a chill period open and wither in a day…it’s been close to 90 this week. Down here, tulips are one flower that it is cheaper to buy as a cut flower if I really want a reliable source of them. And they never come back, of course.

]]> By: Kathy Jentz http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/157/comment-page-1#comment-562 Kathy Jentz Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:30:18 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=157#comment-562 Did you fertilize that bed? I sprinlly Osmocote on my bulb beds (at that point the perennials and shrubs are coming in fully) and the tulips all come back consistently no matter what the foliage status. Did you fertilize that bed? I sprinlly Osmocote on my bulb beds (at that point the perennials and shrubs are coming in fully) and the tulips all come back consistently no matter what the foliage status.

]]> By: Amy Stewart http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/157/comment-page-1#comment-561 Amy Stewart Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:00:23 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=157#comment-561 HA! I love it when plants disobey orders! HA! I love it when plants disobey orders!

]]> By: Sandy http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/157/comment-page-1#comment-560 Sandy Tue, 04 Apr 2006 03:27:20 +0000 http://sustainablegardeningblog.com/?p=157#comment-560 I hear ya Susan! I do the same thing. I hear ya Susan! I do the same thing.

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