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edhjennifer El Dorado Hills, CA(Zone 8a) Feb 22, 2010

Hello-
I need some advice about planting bulbs.
The dirt in my yard is packed with rocks (big and small) and clay, and I'm wondering if I can add garden soil over the dirt and then plant the bulbs in the new soil. I'd appreciate any help! Thank you!!

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Feb 25, 2010

How much soil are you planning on adding?
Some bulbs need to planted pretty deep.

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sulyn Astoria, OR Feb 26, 2010

I am container gardening. I have purchased a kit from Costco called a suncast wooden kit. It has three pods and i think it will be fun. I live in a large housing area so i am allowed to plant things.I also have 20 ceramic pots. I want to plant summer bulbs in the pots,help!sulyn

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Feb 26, 2010

Pots are easy. You layer the bulbs.
http://www.finegardening.com/design/articles/planting-spring-bulbs-containers.aspx
http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/planting-bulbs-in-containers/index.html

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sulyn Astoria, OR Feb 27, 2010

thank you for the help. I am trying to figure out how many bulbs per container, I am reading the directions which say plant bulbs 15 inches apart. how would that make any drama. A pot with one flower in it. Like Liatriss,day lilies, phlox/?Any more thoughts on this?

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sulyn Astoria, OR Feb 27, 2010

how do i figure out which zone i am in? I live on the coast in northern oregon?

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JulieQ Bella Vista, AR(Zone 6b) Feb 27, 2010

To edhjennifer:
I planted daffodils on the side of a rocky/ clay hard hill. I used a post-hole digger and a pick-ax to make holes. What I did was make the holes bigger than I needed and then mixed it with good soil when I backfilled. They are still coming up and have spread out -- this is 8 years later.

If you want to only plant in a layer of good soil you will need to make a raised bed and make it pretty deep! Most bulbs are planted at least 3 or 4x as deep as the bulb is in diameter. (a 2" bulb would be planted 6 to 8" deep) and you need room for it's roots to go down from there.

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Feb 28, 2010

Zone finder
http://www.garden.org/zipzone/

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sulyn Astoria, OR Mar 08, 2010

Quote from sulyn :
how do i figure out which zone i am in? I live on the coast in northern oregon?


I live in zone 8a thank you flowerjen!

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