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hennagaijin Joined: 4/13/2006 Location: Metuchen, NJ Posts: 32	Posted: Sep/24/2006 12:26 PM PST I'm about to plant some bulbs for the first time ever, and I really have no clue what I'm doing. (I'm actually okay with perennials and such, but I haven't started messing around with bulbs/tubers.) One of the things I'm most unclear on is whether bulbs can be planted under grass, or whether they need to be in a flower bed. I know I've seen daffodils and such springing up from within a patch of grass, but my grass is fairly dense and I'm afraid the root system will crowd out any bulbs I plant underneath. Is there a rule of thumb on this? Many thanks. Quote \| Reply \| Report

Kale Joined: 11/02/2002 Location: Greenhouse Mi. Posts: 1465	Posted: Sep/24/2006 1:04 PM PST Welcome to GG! I can only tell you what I did.. I jumped on my shovela few times and moved the grasss out of the way and stick some daffodils down under the dense grass and they came up every year for 4 years now Just loosened the grass a little bit and put it right back. Not sure I can find a pic (I take too many and dont have tiome to name everything) Depending how many bulbs you intend to do; I only did 4. Just out of curiosity and it worked Kale Quote \| Reply \| Report

Mainegal Joined: 3/30/2002 Location: Southern Maine Zone4/5 Posts: 2550	Posted: Sep/24/2006 1:36 PM PST there is a house on my way to work and in the spring their front lawn is all daffs, it sure is pretty, once the grass is ready to mow it's time to cut them back so they just mow them down i've been going to do it to my front lawn but haven't gotten around to it yet, maybe when i split my daffs up i will plant some on my lawn Quote \| Reply \| Report

Hoeandhope Joined: 6/02/2004 Location: Statesboro, GA zone 8B Posts: 895	Posted: Sep/24/2006 2:44 PM PST I have always planted mine in beds. Quote \| Reply \| Report

fozbot3 Joined: 1/18/2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 7893	Posted: Sep/24/2006 4:50 PM PST crocus is a great bulb to plant in the lawn. the foliage is good and dead about the time the lawn needs it's first mowing. Quote \| Reply \| Report

Whitmore1 Joined: 4/02/2002 Location: Manistee County, MI, USA Posts: 496	Posted: Sep/29/2006 1:48 PM PST You would plant the daffodil bulbs deep enough.......about 6".....so the grass roots would be growing well above the bulbs so there really wouldn't be any competition. In a lawn that is mowed you'll have to skip the areas where the bulbs are growing. The daffs will be actively growing for at least a month, maybe more, and they need to keep going as long as they're green in order to store up energy for the next year. I'm sure the grass will get quite tall in that month+ time it isn't mowed. If you mow the green leaves of the daffs the bulbs will not have enough energy stored for the next year's bloom and they will eventually wear out. Quote \| Reply \| Report

Vera_EWASH Joined: 9/08/2005 Location: Eastern Wa Posts: 294	Posted: Oct/05/2006 1:54 PM PST I agree.....crocus in the lawn! I have a bunch planted on a gentle slope in the back Vera Quote \| Reply \| Report

Darko Joined: 10/07/2004 Location: Southern Ontario. Zone 6b Posts: 88	Posted: Oct/05/2006 3:00 PM PST I've planted Star of Bethlehem, and Snowdrops in my lawn with no problems. All I did was use a drill with a spade bit to bore the holes, dropped the bulbs in and covered with dirt. It worked like a charm. Quote \| Reply \| Report

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