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Managing grass with bulbs
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? rjbl |
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Managing grass with bulbs
Charlie Pridham wrote:
In article , says... 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? rjbl Take the grass down in two or even three stages in June setting the blades as high as possible the first time, it also helps to give the whole area a couple of close cuts in the winter/early spring before the leaves get in the way. but what ever you do it will still not look as good as areas without bulbs until July Charlie Thanks, I appreciate your advice. Will do as you recommend. rjbl |
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rjbl wrote:
Charlie Pridham wrote: In article , says... 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? rjbl Take the grass down in two or even three stages in June setting the blades as high as possible the first time, it also helps to give the whole area a couple of close cuts in the winter/early spring before the leaves get in the way. but what ever you do it will still not look as good as areas without bulbs until July Charlie Thanks, I appreciate your advice. Will do as you recommend. rjbl Personally I keep an eye on Council verges where there are established bulbs. When they cut I consider I can, often before I normally would, worked ok to press. |
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"rjbl" wrote in message ... 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. |
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from "Christina Websell" contains these words: 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. That's what we used to do. We had cowslips to mow round too. A strimmer's handy... -- Rusty horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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