"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 18/9/04 23:08, in article ,
"Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
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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?

You could certainly do that but I think these planters would make
for a more
interesting arrangement of the bulbs. From what I remember it's a
hollow
ring, so the bulbs would be more spread out and something to come on
later
could go directly into the earth in the middle. Then when you lift
the ring
out of the ground, you won't be left with nothing there at all, as
you would
be with a pot.

I must be missing a trick somewhere. What purpose does the ring
serve? I thought the idea was to allow you to remove the bulbs soil
and all to somewhere else to mature, so that the ground becomes
available for something else for the rest of the season.

Franz