Growing Tulips and Ranunculus the You Tube way

[theinsidegardener]

Being a newbie I looked at youtube before sowing tulip menton and ranunculus pink, and I started off sowing bulbs like this:



Then when talking to my mum who is a keen gardener she said this was a big no-no as the bulbs need to be covered. Has anyone tried out this other method??

[Tig]

I would have thought that both tulips and ranunculus would flop all over the place if planted so shallowly. Both have quite heavy flowers and I tend to plant my tulips in the ground, about 8" deep for the Darwin Hybrids which are about 2' tall and have large flowers. The smaller varieties I would plant at about 6" deep. I grow ranunculus in damp shade, it is the only place they do well for me, my tubers are planted at a depth of 3"-4".

Other members who grow their tulips in containers may have more information for you

x Tig

[Ladygardener]

I've never planted or grown Ranunculus but I've never heard of planting Tulips so their tips are peeping through the soil or just a cm. below the soil.Most of the spring bulbs are planted about 3 times their depth. I've done this with forced Hyacinth and some indoor Narcissi before but never with any kind of Tulips. I'd be interested to hear if anyone else has. The youtube video cut out half way through so I could'nt see the end of it.

[Auricula]

The deeper the better for tulip bulbs, and most "experts" suggest planting them in November to avoid tulip fire. I've never had any problems with this however, and usually plant up my tulip containers in October. I can't plant tulips in the ground as they get too wet and rot off. I use gritty compost in deep containers with the tulips as low down as possible