Bulbs: tulips gone!, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Try planting your tulips deeper as by planting them at 8" rather than at 6" it may help to trick the squirrels who mostly dig up the bulbs that they accidentally find while they are planting their winter stash of acorns which they usually plant much shallower than at 8"deep.

Or you can try planting a mess of tulips in one area and cover that spot up for the fall with a chicken wire. Just unroll some of the wire and lay it over the surface of the planted tulip area and hold it in place with some flower pots, or logs or rocks and then take it up after the ground freezes.

Other wise borrow a dog for the fall to chase the squirrels away from your yard. My gals do a good job, but we only have a few squirrels, though the rabbits and deer are our big problem as the dogs sleep at night while the pests nibble away. We have put up deer fence with a rabbit fence along the bottom of it to keep them out of the part of our property that we plant with the tulips. Daffodils go everywhere and I can't get enough of them. Good luck. Here is a shot of Nell and Winnie protecting the tulips. Patti

This message was edited Sep 30, 2011 11:02 AM