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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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The TYGers are also selling bulbs for spring planting and raffling a quilt made by the Trinity Quilters.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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There are several planting methods, including mass planting of dozens up to hundreds of bulbs to fill an area.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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Planting the bulbs in containers without drainage holes requires the use of bulb fibre as this encourages root growth and allows moisture to be retained without excluding air.
Complementary planting of bulbs and perennials add seasonal interest and color.
Choose Bulbs displayed loose or in packets for April plantings.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Spring bulbs offer an early spring floral display in your planting beds before your shrubs flower and your perennials start to grow.
Bulbs are starting to come into the garden centres at this time of year, and September is the main month for planting them, with the exception of tulips which wait until October.
There is no point in planting tiny daughter bulbs unless you are prepared to grow them on for a couple of years before obtaining satisfactory flowers.
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Abu Kashir,
Gas Station Attendant
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Garlic bulbs should be separated into cloves just before planting time.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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Deeper planting is said to enhance longevity and to keep bulbs from dividing into so many smaller bulbs that blooming suffers.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Students have been planting flowering bulbs in what has turned into an amazing community project!
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Planting of the bulbs should take place during late September to mid-October in the northern USA.
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