"Spider" wrote in
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Hi Chris,
No, it wouldn't be right. Any bulb simply planted in the mulch would
be a gift for birds, mice, squirrels, etc.

If you have very heavy/wet soil though, a mulch can be a way of growing
bulbs that would otherwise rot. You simply put small bulbs on the soil
surface, and stick the mulch on the top. Works very well for crocus, for
example.

I did this successfully, (though it was not a garden that had problems
with bird or mouse attacks: in fact most of the time I was there, the bird
population was spookily low: it's weird how you notice the absence of
birdsong...)

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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