With a little bit of planning ahead now, you can work toward ensuring a larger harvest in your fruit or vegetable garden next year all by following one simple trick: letting fruits and vegetables grow larger and longer and then saving their seeds.
12.08.2024 - 16:01 / balconygardenweb.com
Imagine sleeping on a bed that is too small or large for you to feel cozy and just perfect. It’s the same for bulbs. Planting them at the right depth is like giving them a cozy bed, just like Goldilocks! We show you the right way to do it and why you should follow it!
Planting a bulb is more than just tossing it into a hole. The depth at which you plant them directly determines if or not they’ll survive! Typically, it’s good to plant the bulb two to three times as deep as their height. But it isn’t one-size-fits-all, and we will take you through the nuances.
How deep to plant your bulb depends on the type of soil. In light, sandy soils, the bulb should be planted a few inches deeper. In heavier clay soils, it should be set an inch or two closer to the surface.
A bulb too close to the surface will face all the disruptions occurring outside, including temperature fluctuations. A scorching sun will bake the soil during the day, only for it to cool drastically at night. These extremities will surely hurt your bulb and impair its healthy growth.
When planted at the right depth, the roots can stabilize the plant and grow vigorously underground. If the bulb is too deep, the shoot will have difficulty emerging from the soil. And as mentioned above, too close to the surface—it may topple over due to rains or winds or scorch and wither away.
At the right distance from the surface, the bulb can store energy, develop strong roots, and eventually produce beautiful blooms.
Most of the bulbs we love produce the prettiest blooms—think tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and so on! So, what’s the point of planting it simply for its foliage? Because depth influences its blooms as well!
Extra deep planting delays or even kills blooms, especially with
With a little bit of planning ahead now, you can work toward ensuring a larger harvest in your fruit or vegetable garden next year all by following one simple trick: letting fruits and vegetables grow larger and longer and then saving their seeds.
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