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This video explains how to plant spring flower bulbs correctly so they establish well and bloom reliably. Learn the correct planting depth, spacing and soil preparation needed for healthy growth.
The guide covers positioning bulbs, watering after planting and protecting them during colder weather. Proper planting helps bulbs root successfully and produce strong flowers in spring.
If you want a colourful spring display, this video provides practical bulb planting advice suitable for beds, borders and containers.
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a day in the a lotment. So, welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. Today, we're going
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to be doing quite a lot of work down
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here. We've got some water boats to
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fetch into the poly tunnel to fill up
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with water as they turn the water off
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during the winter period. So, we need to
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fill some of those up so that we've got
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water in March when we've got all the
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seeds sewing. So, yeah, we've got that
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to do. We've got some fruit tree pruning
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to do. We've got quite a lot to do down
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at the pot today. We've got bulbs to
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plant, but I don't know if we'll get the
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bulbs planted today. We'll see. We'll
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see how we get on. But yeah, we've got
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absolutely loads to do. So stay tuned
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and see what we get up to today. So
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today's job is going to be to tidy out
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all this area and get it all cleared and
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get some bulbs in this area. This is
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where we're going to plant all our
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tulips, what we've purchased, and
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hopefully make it look nice in the
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springtime so that when you walk onto
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the plot, it absolutely hits you with
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the stunning color of all the tulips. So
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yeah, we've got it all tidy out, got it
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all clear. We've got the daniums to take
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out to put in the poly tunnel over the
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winter period, keep them alive till next
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year. So yeah, busy busy day today. So
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we cleared a lot of all the drainiums
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out. We've got them to pot up. But yeah,
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we cleared it all out and down the
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sides. I've been careful because they
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look like bulbs are growing through
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already. I think we've got a lot of
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mascar down this side from what I
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remember. So yeah, we need to get all
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the bulbs arranged and get ready to
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plant them all down this entrance to
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make it look nice for springtime. So
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we've got all our bulbs what we
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purchased the other day from the co-op
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for 20. And we found out this rest of
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our spare bulbs that we've got left what
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needs to get in the ground. So yeah,
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we're going to fill that front area and
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make it look absolutely stunning next
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year in spring. So yeah, let's get all
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these arranged and decide where we're
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going to put them all. So these are all
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our pink ones first that we're going to
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arrange. And as you can see, they've got
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plenty of shoots coming through them
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already. So yeah, they do need to get in
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the ground pretty fast. So let's get
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these all arranged. These are the double
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late ones. As you can see, these ones
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are shooting through as well. So yeah,
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let's get these ones arranged. So I've
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planned to well, we've placed all these
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tulips down this side bit. You can't see
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them all as they're underneath the
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digital. But yep, it's going to look
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great down this side with all these
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double tulips. So, we just need some
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more to put in these raised beds and
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that front bit. So, let's get some more.
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So, these are our triumphant mix, which
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we're going to be putting in the other
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areas. So, that is all the tulip bulbs
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placed in the right place. So, next up
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is the aliums, which are obviously
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taller. So, we need to place them
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towards the back of where we're going to
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be putting them. So these are the aliums
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which are like onions but they grow
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these purple flowers on them which are
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absolutely gorgeous and excellent for
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the bees. So yeah, these will be a great
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addition to my garden. So I popped them
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towards the back of the beds so that
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they grow nice and tall. Like I said,
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they're a lot taller. So yeah, they need
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to be towards the back of the tulips as
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they're taller than tulip plants to make
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them sure they stand out. And we put
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some in the beds as well. Next up are
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some mini.
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So yeah, these will look nice come
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springtime. So these will be going in
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this bed with the aliums at the back. So
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next up are crocuses and fitalia.
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So let's find somewhere for these.
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Obviously these are small so they need
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to stand out where we're going to put
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them. So next up are these final three
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which apparently look really stunning.
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So we'll see how we get on. We need to
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find somewhere to put these so that they
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stand out.
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So, there we have it. We've placed them
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all in the places of where they're going
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to go. And yeah, we just need to get
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them all planted now and get them all in
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so they can start growing and produce a
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fantastic spring display. So, all those
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are now in and buried. So, what we're
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going to do, we're going to top this
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side up with old compost what we've got
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to fill them up and fill the beds up as
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well so that everything's a bit deeper.
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But yeah, rather than waste your
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compost, we'll use them in our side
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beds. So, there we are. All complete
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looking tons better. So, yeah, we just
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got to wait until springtime until they
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all pop up now and see the great spring
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display.
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It's going absolutely amazing.
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That's all the bulbs planted. A lot of
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bulbs in that area. So, it's going to
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look absolutely phenomenal next year
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when they're all out in springtime.
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Fingers crossed the squirrel doesn't get
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them all. But yeah, I'm looking forward
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to a great display in the entrance to
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the plot and I'm looking forward to
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sharing it all with you. So, make sure
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you do drop us a holler to stay up to
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date and see what it looks like come
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springtime down here at the altman.
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Until next time everyone, remember keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep gardening
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with bed everyone.
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