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On 18/9/04 20:25, in article
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"Janet Baraclough.." wrote:

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"laura" wrote in message
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I've always heard that it doesn't matter as the bulbs pull or
push
themselves to the correct depth

Why then do half of my Kaufmannia tulips always lie on top of the
soil
this time of the year?

They're trying to escape from your garden? Or squirrels.

Janet


I hate to add to a possible myth but I do remember an old gardener
telling
me this about tulip bulbs - that they somehow 'work' themselves to
the
surface. And a few months back I read a book written by a woman
making a
garden in France who recommended planting tulip bulbs at least 9"
deep to
get the best results.
Van Tubergen are now selling tulip trays. You fill these circular
trays
with soil and bulbs, plant them and then, when the tulips are
finished, take
them up, still filled with soil and put them somewhere out of sight
to let
the tulip foliage finish.

How about just planting them in ordinary plastic pots and sink them
into the soil?

Franz