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This video shows how to plant tulip bulbs correctly to encourage healthy growth and dependable flowering.
I explain the planting method, spacing, and simple steps that help bulbs establish well and produce a strong display. Starting bulbs properly makes a noticeable difference to results.
Ideal for gardeners wanting straightforward instructions and reliable flowering plants.
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Let's plant our spring tulips. Welcome
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to gardening with Ben. We're now in
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November, so it's now time to start
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planting our tulips. Ready for the
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springtime. And wow, have we got a
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selection of tulips. I didn't realize
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how many I've actually bought over these
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last few months. I've just been buying
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them and not realizing and putting them
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away. And I've got them all out. And
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we've got absolutely loads. So, we've
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got loads to get planted today. So
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fingers crossed we get cracking and we
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get a load of these planted and come
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springtime it's going to look absolutely
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phenomenal. So let's have a look at what
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tulips we have got to plant this year.
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So as you can see we have got absolutely
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loads of different varieties of tulips
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to plant. And the thing about tulips is
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that I love the unusual ones. unusual
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looking ones. Obviously, you get your
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normal ones which tend to look like
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these ones, but I do love the unusual
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frilly looking ones, the double ones,
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all the different colored ones like the
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parrot ones. And yeah, they're
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absolutely phenomenal. So, we're going
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to have a spectacular amount of color
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down at our a lotment this year. Well,
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next year now, uh in springtime. So,
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we've got to get all these planted today
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and get them nice and deep. Get them in
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the ground and hopefully Mr. Squirrel
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won't eat them all, which we're going to
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hopefully get them deep enough so that
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he doesn't get them because you don't
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want that. You don't want the squirrel
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eating all your tulips or well, they
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don't eat them. I think they just dig
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them up and like to move them. Uh, I've
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seen them pop up in different a lotments
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previously from where he's dug them all
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up. So yeah, let's work out how we're
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going to get these planted and where
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we're going to plant them all. And we're
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going to use these in our new area as
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well as we've got no spring bulbs up
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there at the moment. So we're going to
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plant a load up in that area. So it
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should look pretty good in the
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springtime. So yeah, let's get all these
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planted.
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So we've placed all our bulbs in the
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areas that we're doing them in. We've
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got these three new beds which I created
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this year. So, we're going to fill these
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up with tarts. So, then they'll look
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absolutely phenomenal come springtime.
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They'll look absolutely gorgeous with
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abundance of color. Eventually, I want a
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center plant in each one of these, but
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we'll probably wait till next year for
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that now. But yeah, we're going to fill
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them with tulips. And we're also putting
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tulips along this back edge here. In
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front of here, we've got all daffodil
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bulbs. So, the tulips are obviously
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taller. So the daffodils are in front
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and the tulips are behind. So that
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should look pretty good once all those
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are out. But yeah, this is my new area
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and it's looking pretty good. We've got
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some new heather in here which looks
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absolutely gorgeous. I've got heather on
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my other parts of my plot. But that's
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purple. This is white and it looks
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gorgeous. So yeah, it's going to look
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pretty good come springtime. We've got
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daffodils down here. Then we've got a
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mixture of bulbs in these ones. So, come
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springtime, this new area will look
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absolutely amazing.
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But lots of leaves are dropping at the
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moment around here, but we'll get those
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up and put them in the compost pile. So,
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yeah, let's get all these planted.
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So, we've got all those planted nice and
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deep. Remember, if you do want to
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protect against squirrels, you can put
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netting over them until they start
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popping through. But we'll see how we
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get on and see if we manage to keep the
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squirrels away. But yeah, we got them
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all in. So yeah, I'm looking forward to
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all them coming up.
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So make sure you drop us a follow so
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that you can stay up to date and come
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back in springtime and see if they're
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actually blooming. See if they're
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actually grown and the squirrel hasn't
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got them all and see how beautiful our
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spring collection is this year. So yeah,
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until next time everyone remember, keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep
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gardening.
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