"rjbl" wrote in message
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Anyone got any useful tips for speeding up ripening of spring / early
summer flowering bulbs planted in grass land? (native daffs, bluebells
etc)
The challenge is that the grass gets too long whilst we are waiting for
the the bulbs to show the obvious signs of having ripened-off and when
tis eventually cut it is not a pretty sight. We have been doing the
first cut of the embulbed areas in about June. How can we bring the cut
forward for about 4 weeks without comprising the spreading and
naturalisation of the bulbs?

Anyone got any useful ideas?


I don't think you can speed up the ripening of spring bulbs. They do what
they have to in their own time. If it bothers you when your grass gets long
while you are waiting for the leaves to die down, perhaps you might consider
cutting the grass around them with shears?
That's what I do.