Nothing marks the arrival of spring like seeing bulbs begin to grow, sending up beautiful booms to welcome in the warmer weather.
If you are looking for spring bulbs to brighten up your garden, now is the time to get planting - and with this tip from a renowned author, even those without much outdoor space can enjoy some spring bulbs when they flower. Author Simon Akeroyd has written 30 gardening books and he took to where he frequently shares top tips with his followers, to reveal his method for planting bulbs. In the video, titled “lasagne bulb planting, how to do it,” Simon lays out his space-efficient method of planting.
“September is a good time to plant spring flowering bulbs,” he writes in the video description. “If you don’t have much room in your garden, you can grow a succession of three different flowering bulbs all in one pot. It’s called lasagne bulb planting because you are creating different layers in your pot. Place the largest bulbs in the bottom, medium sized bulbs in the middle and smallest bulbs on top. Enjoy your spring flowering bulbs.”
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In the clip viewers are advised to grab a container with large drainage holes before putting a layer of stones or broken pot shards at the bottom to stop the compost washing away when watered. In this example Simon is planting three layers of blubs; crocus, hyacinths and daffodils.
Add a 10cm layer of gritty, free draining compost at the bottom of the pot and then plant a layer of the largest bulbs, in this case the hyacinths. Cover these bulbs with compost before adding a layer of the next-largest bulbs, here that’s the daffodils. Finally add another layer of compost before putting in the smallest bulbs (Simon uses crocuses for this) and covering them over.
Meanwhile Simon has been sharing other autumn gardening tips and hacks with his social media followers. His videos include explainers on how to get as well as how to turn supermarket veg into a supply of tasty homegrown food.
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