Lasagne planting, what it is and discover a better, quicker way!

Tulip planting, how to avoid Tulip Fire, the top perennial tulips, the best way to plant to encourage repeat flowering, how to avoid squirrel damage and how to get great bargains! Lasagne planting of bulbs - is it worth it - planting in 3 layers as opposed to putting same bulbs in closer on one layer?
See my trial and a chat with Martin Duncan who plants 800,000 bulbs a year!
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With thanks to Martin Duncan, Head Gardner at Arundel Castle
Photo credits - Martin Duncan
Video - Unity Guinness
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[@beckyscheller9358]

Just planted my tulips in pots this year. First time in pots. Very good information thank you for this .

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

How did they turn out?!

[@paulwalton692]

Thank you, Bunny. Planting bulbs today and will follow this advice. Best wishes from Cornwall under blue skies :)

[@katipohl2431]

Yes, repeated coming is important. Thank you for recommending these varieties.

[@ceceliahuynh]

I love this! Thank you for the channel and uploads - from the Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 😊

[@penelopehammerton2907]

Thank for a really informative video Bunny.

[@julesdavis1845]

Thanks for all the tips.super useful.

[@suzannebartow6390]

So glad to hear of an alternative to lasagne but with the same effect....thank you I will try this next year.

[@r.b.8061]

As always, very good and interesting. I always plantet pots as lasagna. I thought it was so get some more in, rather than to organize them in flowering order. Now I know that I have to plant them in one layer.

[@bunnyguinness]

You don’t have to, but it’s just quicker and easier that way I find. 🐇

[@blakehahn-atlantaga8510]

Great info Bunny! Thank you!

[@My_slow_story]

Perfect timing!!!

[@pdunn1871]

loving your inspiration

[@kimfox5186]

Many thanks this has inspired me to get planting.

[@juliedubberley1192]

Very interesting, inspiring me to start planting soon !

[@kathleenwilliamson174]

This autumn is the first time I've planted bulbs in pots. I bought some dirt cheap this past spring in pots, and they were lovely on my porch, and I liked that I could see bare bulb spots in my garden and plop them in those areas when the flowers were spent.

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes bulbs are brilliant for plugging gaps! 🐇

[@katharine49]

masses of good tips for planting tulips

[@achnix3167]

I find singular varieties in pots the best because you can just change them out (unless youre using pots of "achitectural size" and it looks more impactfull. Close together... but if lasagne planting then probably just sth small like muscari paired with a tulip to add some fluff

[@bunnyguinness]

Yes mixing sizes and types of bulbs adds another dimension 🐇

[@slorichardson18]

I did an experiment, I covered three pots, put chilli powder on three and put daffodils on top of the other three. All of them survived the predations of the squirrels! Let’s see if I get heads on them 😊

[@Acts-1322]

Very pretty! Hopefully a good portion of that is producing food as well, not just beauty 😊

[@achnix3167]

The one thing ive never gotten to work were snakehead fritillarias, they just rotted away abd didnt come up...

[@helenamorland6247]

If you plant them too late in autumn the snakehead fritillarias don’t establish well, try plant them as soon they are for sale in the garden centres.Snakehead fritillaries can grow in quite moist soils but not soggy, they prefer some drainage. For best results try to buy plants “in the green” in spring.

[@bunnyguinness]

I am surprised. They are meant to prefer moist, damp soils but I find they seem to do fine on my dry soil. Did the bulbs look healthy when you planted them? Do you think they were eaten by something? If they really did not like the conditions I think they would come up the first spring and then the following year would tail off. Very disappointing. 😞🐇

[@achnix3167]

@@bunnyguinness youre probably right, eaten or low quality, remember buying on sake and storing them for while so maybe they just werent good anymore... Just weird because none of them showed up

[@achnix3167]

Really curious how my negrita and spring green will come back this year... Brown sugar i have found to be an absolute performer even in the second year and queen of night/the double version have come back too

[@bunnyguinness]

I would love to see a good, extensive list of the best perennial tulips. Most agree good deep planting really helps, dry conditions and removing the flower head after planting. But I sure there are massive variations too because of climate and soils. 🐇

[@marywhite4090]

I can’t use am auger,too much gravel and stones😅

[@bunnyguinness]

I often use a pick ax if it is very stony. 🐇

[@gerilynnewoods2032]

What are your suggestion for keeping preditors, aka deer, from eating your tulips?

[@bunnyguinness]

Deer can be a real problem - I have a low electric fence, four strands of wire and the top is about 30 cm high. It runs of the mains electricity and was designed to keep badgers out. It also helps with deer and I learnt that while working on a job in France where we planted hundreds of trees. Apparently they run along with their noses near the ground, pick up the charge and stop. It works well with rabbits too. I think if you have a herd of deer that regularly come in your garden you might need a higher fence initially. In my garden You don’t notice the fence and it works really well though. 🐇

[@nashwaran473]

Could you please share little video Clip of you amazing work

[@bunnyguinness]

Will try! 🐇

[@evalindell2757]

I thought you did lasagna layers when you had bulbs of different size and flowering time. 🤔

[@bunnyguinness]

It makes no difference to the flowering time if you put them in different layers or on one layer they will come up at the appropriate time. The same with different types of bulbs you can just put them in one layer as Martin Duncan does and they still come up at the appropriate time. Try it and see! 🐇

[@evalindell2757]

@@bunnyguinness I get that it does not matter for flowering time. I just thought big bulbs needed more depth and small bulbs didn’t want to be burried so deep? So fritilaria meliagris & Imperialis can be planted the same depth?

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

If anyone needs a planting aul they do!!!!

[@nashwaran473]

Wow, please can I be a volunteer for your lovey project next time

[@maynardgreenhouse]

Omg he should be using an auger to plant so much easier

[@My_slow_story]

No, if you don't want to ruin the grass.

[@aridon1981]

I think they preserve the lawn grass on a top by using that tool. And by popping that back in makes it hard for squirrels to dig the bulbs up.

[@bunnyguinness]

I think it depends on the soil, it can be difficult to remove the soil from the auger, whereas with a bulb planter the plug of soil just pops out when you push it in for the next bulb and then pop the plug back on top of the soil. Sometimes I use a spade, take out a spit of soil and then pop 5 bulbs or more into same hole. There are many ways, I suppose we just use the method that works best in our conditions at the time.🐇

[@wendychandler8304]

Lasagne - as Claus Dalby does.

[@helenachase5627]

I'm in zone 3. I better not plant in pots unless in a sheltered place