Bulbs: Bulb Thieves, 1 by esw

esw wrote:
Ok I am quoting myself here....can't remember where I put it before so I dug it up....this worked well for me the last 2 years...
Hopefully this will be helpful....(probably more than a bit longwinded)
The cages were cut from 1/4" hardware cloth either a row of connected squares and folded into a box, or one long strip wired to itself at theshort end to make a tube... (all were 12" deep) I used craft wire doubled to 'sew' the edges together at each seam. (I dug a hole about 12" deep and wide enough to hold the cage. Then the cage was placed in the botton of the hole...the edges were filled in outside the wire mesh with the dirt removed from the hole to fill any gaps...inside the box the bulbs were placed at the depth desired on top of soil or in some cases 2" of vole bloc if there was no 'bottom' to the cage. They were covered to the usual depth and then 'mulched' with 2" of volebloc. The edges of the cage stuck up out of the ground a bit...I figure once the lilies are up and doing their thing I will mulch this too so it will disappear.I have been holding my breath and so far most have started sprouting....still waiting on some of the others.
See if this picture helps...
Good luck!